verb (past and past participleme·di·at·ed, present participleme·di·at·ing, 3rd person present singularme·di·ates)
Definition:
1. intransitive verb intervene to resolve conflict: to work with both sides in a dispute in an attempt to help them to reach an agreement mediating between the government and the rebels
2. transitive verb oversee agreement: to oversee an attempt to solve a dispute by working with both sides to help them to reach an agreement appointed to mediate the talks
3. transitive verb achieve agreement: to achieve a solution, settlement, or agreement by working with both sides in a dispute Negotiators have mediated a ceasefire.
4. transitive verb physiology transfer something: to act as a medium that transfers something from one place to another in the body
5. intransitive verb be between: to be between two stages, ideas, times, or things
adjective
Definition:
depending on intermediate action: involving or depending on an intermediary or an intermediate action
[15th century. < late Latin mediat-, past participle of mediare "halve" < Latin medius "middle"]
