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mediate

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  1. interpose             
 
1. me.di.ate \'me-d-e--*t\ aj [ME, fr. .l ;mediatus intermediate, fr. pp. 
   of mediare] 1: occupying a middle position  2a: acting through an 
   intervening agency  2b: exhibiting indirect causation, connection, or 
   relation  - me.di.ate.ly av
2. me.di.ate \'me-d-e--.a-t\ vb [ML mediatus, pp. of mediare, fr. LL, to be 
   in the middle, fr. L Xmedius middle - more at MID 1: to interpose between 
   parties in order to reconcile them  2: to reconcile differences  1a: to 
   effect by action as an intermediary  1b: to bring accord out of by action 
   as an intermediary  2a: to act as intermediary agent in bringing, 
   effecting, or communicating  : CONVEY 2b: to transmit as intermediate 
   mechanism or agency