mediate (
http://definr.com/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 : act between parties with a view to reconciling differences;
"He interceded in the family dispute";"He mediated a
settlement" [syn:
intercede,
intermediate,
liaise,
arbitrate]