Me"di*ate*ly (?), adv. In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or
agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately.
God worketh all things amongst us mediately.
Sir W. Raleigh.
The king grants a manor to A, and A grants a portion of it to B. In
this case. B holds his lands immediately of A, but mediately of the
king.
Blakstone.
Me"di*ate*ness, n. The state of being mediate.
Me`di*a"tion (?), n. [OE. mediacioun, F. médiation. See Mediate, a.] 1.
The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action
as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition;
intervention.
The soul [acts] by the mediation of these passions.
South.
2. Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view
to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession. Bacon.
Me"di*a*tive (?), a. Pertaining to mediation; used in mediation; as,
mediative efforts. Beaconsfield.
Me`di*at`i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. médiatisation.] The act of
mediatizing.
Me"di*a*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mediatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mediatizing.] [Cf. F. médiatiser.] To cause to act through an agent or
to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to
the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German
state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its
prince his rank.
The misfortune of being a mediatized prince.
Beaconsfield.
Me"di*a`tor (?), n. [L. mediator: cf. E. médiateur.] One who mediates;
especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the
purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man
Christ Jesus.