mediate
verb
• intervene in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation.
• "Wilson attempted to mediate between the powers to end the war"
Similar:
arbitrate,
conciliate,
moderate,
umpire,
referee,
act as peacemaker,
reconcile differences,
restore harmony,
make peace,
bring to terms,
liaise,
intervene,
step in,
intercede,
act as an intermediary,
interpose,
temporize,
• bring about (a result such as a physiological effect).
• "the right hemisphere plays an important role in mediating tactile perception of direction"
Similar:
arbitrate,
conciliate,
moderate,
umpire,
referee,
act as peacemaker,
reconcile differences,
restore harmony,
make peace,
bring to terms,
liaise,
intervene,
step in,
intercede,
act as an intermediary,
interpose,
temporize,
mediate
adjective
• connected indirectly through another person or thing; involving an intermediate agency.
• "public law institutions are a type of mediate state administration"
Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘interposed’): from late Latin mediatus ‘placed in the middle’, past participle of the verb mediare, from Latin medius ‘middle’.
