Mediating

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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