Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that mediates, especially one that reconciles differences between disputants.
- noun Physiology A substance or structure that mediates a specific response in a bodily tissue.
- noun Physics A subatomic particle that effects or conveys a force between subatomic particles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who mediates; one who interposes between parties; especially, one who interposes for the purpose of effecting reconciliation.
- noun A go-between; an agent.
- noun Synonyms Intercessor, interceder, propitiator.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
negotiates between parties seekingmutual agreement
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
Etymologies
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Examples
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He looks upon them only _through their mediator_; and what He sees to commend, is seen and commended only through, and on account of, their mediator.
Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings Robert Graham 1861
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The term mediator means that Jesus is the implementer and enforcer of the promises of the new agreement.
The God of Yes David Edwards 2003
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The role of mediator is likely to provide another sticking point.
Kosovo and Serbia – what sort of talks? Ian Bancroft 2010
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy was the main mediator in Georgian-Russian conflict and he has already visited Tbilisi and Moscow once, while executing this mission.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy was the main mediator in Georgian-Russian conflict and he has already visited Tbilisi and Moscow once, while executing this mission.
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The task of the mediator is to help the parties to open difficult issues and nudge them forward in the peace process.
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A multiprotein mediator of transcriptional activation and its interaction with the C-terminal repeat domain of RNA polymerase II.
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You don't like the word mediator, I know (inaudible) the American journalists.
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And yet the word mediator 'cannot be applied in the same sense to both.
The Beginnings of Christianity. Vol. I. 1872-1939 1903
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Hence it appeared that the law could not be designed to set aside the promise; for (v. 20), A mediator is not a mediator of one, of one party only; but God is one, but one party in the promise or covenant made with Abraham: and therefore it is not to be supposed that by a transaction which passed only between him and the nation of the
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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