ɪntə(ɹ)ˈsiːd ˌɪntɚˈmidi.ət liːˈeɪz ˈmidieɪt ˈmidieɪt ˈmɪdəl ˈmɪdəl ˈmɪdəl ˈmɘdɘl act between parties with a view to reconciling differences He interceded in the family dispute He mediated a settlement 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 occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others mediate between the old and the new