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<hw>Me"di*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mediated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mediating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>mediatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>mediare</ets> to mediate. See <er>Mediate</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each, esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; <as>as, to <ex>mediate</ex> between nations</as>.</def>

<h1>Mediate</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me"di*ate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; <as>as, to <ex>mediate</ex> a peace</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To divide into two equal parts.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Holder.</i>

<h1>Mediately</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me"di*ate*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to <i>immediately</i>.</def>

<blockquote>God worketh all things amongst us <b>mediately</b>. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The king grants a manor to A, and A grants a portion of it to B. In this case. B holds his lands immediately of A, but <b>mediately</b> of the king. <i>Blakstone.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Mediateness</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me"di*ate*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being mediate.</def>

<h1>Mediation</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me`di*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mediacioun</ets>, F. <ets>m\'82diation</ets>. See <er>Mediate</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention.</def>

<blockquote>The soul by the <b>mediation</b> of these passions. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Mediative</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me"di*a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to mediation; used in mediation; <as>as, <ex>mediative</ex> efforts</as>.</def>

<i>Beaconsfield.</i>

<h1>Mediatization</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me`di*at`i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82diatisation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of mediatizing.</def>

<h1>Mediatize</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me"di*a*tize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mediatized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mediatizing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82diatiser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank.</def>

<blockquote>The misfortune of being a <b>mediatized</b> prince. <i>Beaconsfield.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Mediator</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me"di*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mediator</ets>: cf. E. <ets>m\'82diateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.</def>