Mediate /(?)/

1. Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.
2. Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition.
3. Gained or effected by a medium or condition.

   An act of mediate knowledge is complex.

imp. & p. p. Mediated; p. pr. & vb. n. Mediating

1. To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene. [R.]
2. To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each, esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to mediate between nations.

1. To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.
2. To divide into two equal parts. [R.]