mediate

adj 1: acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the

disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"

[ant: {immediate}]

2: being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series;

"adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate

position"; "the middle point on a line" [syn: {in-between},

{middle}]

v 1: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences;

"He interceded in the family dispute" [syn: {intercede},

{liaise}, {arbitrate}]

2: settle a dispute; "He mediated a settlement" [syn: {arbitrate}]