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

[ Syn: in-between , middle ]

act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; He interceded in the family dispute; He mediated a settlement

[ Syn: intercede , intermediate , liaise , arbitrate ]

occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; mediate between the old and the new'