All 5 Uses
mediate
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Long Walk to Freedom
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- I was not opposing the authorities but mediating between my own people and the men I had so long fought against.
Chpt 7.39 *mediating = helping others to settle a disagreement
- Chief Buthelezi agreed to provisionally register for the elections in exchange for a promise to subject our differences over constitutional issues to international mediation.†
Chpt 9.74
- I had agreed to international mediation, and on April 13 a delegation arrived led by Lord Carrington, the former British foreign secretary, and Henry Kissinger, the former American secretary of state.†
Chpt 9.74
- But when Inkatha was informed that the election date was not subject to mediation, they refused to see the mediators, who left without talking to anyone.†
Chpt 9.74
- But when Inkatha was informed that the election date was not subject to mediation, they refused to see the mediators, who left without talking to anyone.†
Chpt 9.74
Definitions:
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(1)
(mediate as in: asked her to mediate the talks) help others to settle a disagreement
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(2)
(mediate as in: disease is mediated by) influenced
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, mediate can mean: being neither at the beginning nor end in a series -- as in "It is in a mediate position."