Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Mediate has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
"He interceded in the family dispute"
"He mediated a settlement"
occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
"mediate between the old and the new"
To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.
"The community leader stepped in to mediate the dispute between the two neighbors over the noisy fence."
acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
"the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
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"
Acting through a mediating agency, indirect.
"The funds were not transferred directly by the bank but were mediated through an international clearinghouse to reach the recipient's account in another country."