The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mediate \Me"di*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mediated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Mediating.] [LL. mediatus, p. p. of mediare to
mediate. See Mediate, a.]
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1. To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene. [R.]
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2. 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.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "mediating":
agential, agentival, agentive, arbitrational, arbitrative,
assisting, coming between, conducive, employable, facilitating,
favoring, forwarding, going between, handy, helpful, instrumental,
intercessional, intercessory, interlocutory, intermedial,
intermediary, intermediate, intermediatory, intervening,
interventional, mediative, mediatorial, mediatory, mesne, middle,
ministerial, ministering, pacificatory, promoting, serviceable,
subservient, useful