1. mediate - Adjective
2. mediate - Verb
3. mediate - Adjective Satellite
Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.
Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition.
To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene.
To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each, esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to mediate between nations.
To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBut a faithful believer will in all circumstances mediate on the mercy and fatherly goodness of God. John Calvin
But it must be admitted that our heart is never seriously inclined to wish for and to mediate on the future life unless it has first thoroughly learned to forsake the vanities of the present world. John Calvin
The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people. Stanislav Grof
I'm the youngest of 12 children. And although I was the youngest, I tried to organize things in my family. When there were disputes, I tried to mediate. Ruth J. Simmons
Chinese tend to love moderation because of their temperament. If you said, for example, the room is so dim that there is an window to be installed here, no one would agree. But if you intended to dismantle the roof, they would come to mediate and therefore would agree to install a window. Lu Xun
. . .there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions, stress, and pain of constant exploitation and oppression. Bell hooks