Dictionary Check: mediate

"mediate" is a valid word!

Scrabble 10 points
Words with Friends 11 points

Definition

adjective

acting through or dependent on an intervening agency

Example: "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
Antonyms:
adjective

being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

Example: "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"
Synonyms:
verb

act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

Example: "He interceded in the family dispute"
verb

occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others

Example: "mediate between the old and the new"

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