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Adjective mediate has 2 senses

mediate - acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
Antonyms: immediate, direct, unmediated
in-between, mediate, middle - 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"
Antonym: first (indirect, via last, intermediate)
Antonym: last (indirect, via intermediate, first)

Verb mediate has 2 senses

intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate - act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"
--₁ is one way to negociate, negotiate, talk terms

Derived forms: noun mediation₁, noun mediation₂, noun mediator₁
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue mediate
mediate - occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new"
--₂ is one way to lie
Sample sentence:
Something ----s