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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 .

Mediate <Xpage=907>

Me"di*ate , v. t. 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.]

Holder.

Mediately <Xpage=907>

Me"di*ate*ly (?) , adv. In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately .

God worketh all things amongst us mediately . Sir W. Raleigh.

The king grants a manor to A, and A grants a portion of it to B. In this case. B holds his lands immediately of A, but mediately of the king. Blakstone.

Mediateness <Xpage=907>

Me"di*ate*ness , n. The state of being mediate.

Mediation <Xpage=907>

Me`di*a"tion (?) , n. [OE. mediacioun , F. m\'82diation . See Mediate , a. ] 1. The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention.

The soul [acts] by the mediation of these passions. South.

2. Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession.

Bacon.

Mediative <Xpage=907>

Me"di*a*tive (?) , a. Pertaining to mediation; used in mediation; as, mediative efforts .

Beaconsfield.

Mediatization <Xpage=907>

Me`di*at`i*za"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. m\'82diatisation .] The act of mediatizing.

Mediatize <Xpage=907>

Me"di*a*tize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mediatized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mediatizing .] [Cf. F. m\'82diatiser .] To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank.

The misfortune of being a mediatized prince. Beaconsfield.

Mediator <Xpage=907>

Me"di*a`tor (?) , n. [L. mediator : cf. E. m\'82diateur .] One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. ii. 5.

Mediatorial <Xpage=907>

Me`di*a*to"ri*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation; mediatory; as, a mediatorial office . -- Me`di*a*to"ri*al*ly , adv.

My measures were . . . healing and mediatorial . Burke.

Mediatorship <Xpage=907>

Me"di*a`tor*ship (?) , n. The office or character of a mediator.

Mediatory <Xpage=907>

Me"di*a*to*ry (?) , a. Mediatorial.

Mediatress, Mediatrix <Xpage=907>

Me`di*a"tress (?) , Me`di*a*"trix (?) , n. [L. mediatrix , f. of mediator : cf. F. m\'82diatrice .] A female mediator.

Medic <Xpage=907>

Med"ic (?) , n. [L. medica , Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/) a kind of clover introduced from Media , from <?/ Median.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago . The black medic is the Medicago lupulina ; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa .

Medic <Xpage=907>

Med"ic , a. [L. medicus .] Medical. [R.]

Medicable <Xpage=907>

Med"i*ca*ble (?) , a. [L. medicabilis , from medicare , medicari , to heal, fr. medicus physician. See Medical .] Capable of being medicated; admitting of being cured or healed.

Medical <Xpage=907>

Med"ic*al (?) , a. [LL. medicalis , L. medicus belonging to healing, fr. mederi to heal; cf. Zend madha medical science, wisdom, gr. <?/ to learn, E. mind : cf. F. m\'82dical .]

1. Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medical dictionary; medical jurisprudence.

2. Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the medical properties of a plant .

Medically <Xpage=907>

Med"ic*al*ly , adv. In a medical manner; with reference to healing, or to the principles of the healing art.

Medicament <Xpage=907>

Med"i*ca*ment (?) , n. [L. medicamentum , fr. medicare , medicari , to heal: cf. F. m\'82dicament . See Medicable .] Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application.

Medicamental <Xpage=907>

Med`ica*men"tal (?) , a. Of or pertaining to medicaments or healing applications; having the qualities of medicaments. -- Med`ica*men"tal*ly , adv. <-- pref. = medicinal -->

Medicaster <Xpage=907>

Med"i*cas`ter (?) , n. [Cf. F. m\'82dicastre . See Medical .] A quack. [R.]

Whitlock.

Medicate <Xpage=907>

Med"i*cate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Medicated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Medicating (?) .] [L. medicatus , p. p. of medicare , medicari . See Medicable .]

1. To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug. " Medicated waters."

Arbuthnot.

2. To treat with medicine.

Medication <Xpage=907>

Med`i*ca"tion (?) , [L. medicatio : cf. F. m\'82dication .] The act or process of medicating.

Medicative <Xpage=907>

Med"i*ca*tive (?) , a. Medicinal; acting like a medicine.

Medicean <Xpage=907>

Med`i*ce"an (?) , a. Of or relating to the Medici, a noted Italian family; as, the Medicean Venus .

Medicean planets (Astron.) , a name given by Galileo to the satellites of Jupiter.

Medicinable <Xpage=907>

Me*dic"i*na*ble (?) , a. Medicinal; having the power of healing. [Obs.]

Shak.

Medicinal <Xpage=907>

Me*dic"i*nal (?) , a. [L. medicinalis : cf. F. m\'82dicinal . See Medicine .] 1. Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs .

Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum. Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.

Medicinally <Xpage=907>

Me*dic"i*nal*ly , adv. In a medicinal manner.

Medicine <Xpage=907>

Med"i*cine (?) , n. [L. medicina (sc. ars ), fr. medicinus medical, fr. medicus : cf. F. m\'82decine . See Medical .] 1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic.

By medicine , life may be prolonged. Shak.

3. A philter or love potion. [Obs.]

Shak.

4. [F. m\'82decin .] A physician. [Obs.]

Shak.

Medicine bag , a charm; -- so called among the North American Indians, or in works relating to them. -- Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits, and regulate the weather by the arts of magic. -- Medicine seal , a small gem or paste engraved with reversed characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines.

Medicine <Xpage=907>

Med"i*cine , v. t. To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure. " Medicine thee to that sweet sleep."

Shak.

Medico-legal <Xpage=907>

Med`i*co-le"gal (?) , a. Of or pertaining to law as affected by medical facts.

Medicommissure <Xpage=907>

Med`i*com"mis*sure (?) , n. [L. medius middle + E. commissure .] (Anat.) A large transverse commissure in the third ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure.

B. G. Wildex.

Medicornu <Xpage=907>

Med`i*cor"nu (?) , n. ; pl. Medicornua (#) . [NL., fr. L. medius middle + cornu horn.] (Anat.) The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

B. G. Wilder.

Medics <Xpage=907>

Med"ics (?) , n. Science of medicine. [Obs.]

Mediety <Xpage=907>

Me*di"e*ty (?) , n. [L. medietas .] The middle part; half; moiety. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Medieval, Medievalism, Medievalist <Xpage=907>

Me`di*e"val , Me`di*e"val*ism , Me`di*e"val*ist . Same as Medi<?/val , Medi<?/valism , etc.

Medina epoch <Xpage=907>

Me*di"na ep"och (?) . [From Medina in New York.] (Geol.) A subdivision of the Niagara period in the American upper Silurian, characterized by the formations known as the Oneida conglomerate, and the Medina sandstone. See the Chart of Geology .

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Medino <Xpage=908>

Me*di"no (?) , n. Same as Para .

Mediocral <Xpage=908>

Me"di*o`cral (?) , a. Mediocre. [R.]

Mediocre <Xpage=908>

Me"di*o`cre (?) , a. [F. m\'82diocre , L. mediocris , fr. medius middle. See Mid .] Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary. " A very mediocre poet."

Pope.

Mediocre <Xpage=908>

Me"di*o`cre , n. 1. A mediocre person. [R.]

2. A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties.

Shipley.

Mediocrist <Xpage=908>

Me"di*o`crist (?) , n. A mediocre person. [R.]

Mediocrity <Xpage=908>

Me`di*oc"ri*ty (?) , n. [F. m\'82diocrit\'82 , L. mediocritas .]

1. The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate. "A mediocrity of success."

Bacon.

2. Moderation; temperance. [Obs.]

Hooker.

Mediostapedial <Xpage=908>

Me`di*o*sta*pe"di*al (?) , a. [L. medius middle + E. stapedial .] (Anat.) Pertaining to that part of the columella of the ear which, in some animals, connects the stapes with the other parts of the columella. -- n. The mediostapedial part of the columella.

Medioxumous <Xpage=908>

Me`di*ox"u*mous (?) , a. [L. medioxumus middlemost.] Intermediate. [Obs.]

Dr. H. More.

Meditance <Xpage=908>

Med"i*tance (?) , n. Meditation. [Obs.]

Meditate <Xpage=908>

Med"i*tate (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Meditated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Meditating .] [L. meditatus , p. p. of meditari to meditate; cf. Gr. <?/ to learn, E. mind .] To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.

Jer. Taylor.

In his law doth he meditate day and night. Ps. i. 2.

Meditate <Xpage=908>

Med"i*tate , v. t. 1. To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study. "Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things."

Ecclus. xiv. 20.

2. To purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving in the mind; as, to meditate a war .

I meditate to pass the remainder of life in a state of undisturbed repose. Washington.

Syn. -- To consider; ponder; weigh; revolve; study. -- To Meditate , Contemplate , Intend . We meditate a design when we are looking out or waiting for the means of its accomplishment; we contemplate it when the means are at hand, and our decision is nearly or quite made. To intend is stronger, implying that we have decided to act when an opportunity may offer. A general meditates an attack upon the enemy; he contemplates or intends undertaking it at the earliest convenient season.

Meditation <Xpage=908>

Med`i*ta"tion (?) , n. [OE. meditacioun , F. m\'82ditation , fr. L. meditatio .] 1. The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight. Ps. xix. 14.

2. Thought; -- without regard to kind. [Obs.]

With wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of love. Shak.

Meditatist <Xpage=908>

Med"i*ta`tist , n. One who is given to meditation.

Meditative <Xpage=908>

Med"i*ta*tive (?) , a. [L. meditativus : cf. F. m\'82ditatif .] Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man; a meditative mood. -- Med"i*ta*tive*ly , adv. -- Med"i*ta*tive*ness , n.

Mediterranean <Xpage=908>

Med`i*ter*ra"ne*an (?) , a. [L. mediterraneus ; medius middle + terra land. See Mid , and Terrace .]

1. Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa .

2. Inland; remote from the ocean. [Obs.]

Cities, as well mediterranean as maritime. Holland.

3. Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage.

Mediterraneous <Xpage=908>

Med`i*ter*ra"ne*ous (?) , a. Inland.

Sir T. Browne.

Medium <Xpage=908>

Me"di*um (?) , n. ; pl. L. Media (#) , E . Mediums (#) . [L. medium the middle, fr. medius middle. See Mid , and cf. Medius .] 1. That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

The just medium . . . lies between pride and abjection. L'Estrange.

(b) (Math.) See Mean . (c) (Logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection .

2. A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound . Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted.

Whether any other liquors, being made mediums , cause a diversity of sound from water, it may be tried. Bacon.

I must bring together All these extremes; and must remove all mediums . Denham.

3. An average. [R.]

A medium of six years of war, and six years of peace. Burke.

4. A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper .

5. (Paint.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.

Circulating medium , a current medium of exchange, whether coin, bank notes, or government notes. -- Ethereal medium (Physics) , the ether. -- Medium of exchange , that which is used for effecting an exchange of commodities -- money or current representatives of money.

Medium <Xpage=908>

Me"di*um , a. Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.

Medium-sized <Xpage=908>

Me"di*um-sized` (?) , a. Having a medium size; as, a medium-sized man .

Medius <Xpage=908>

Me"di*us (?) , n. ; pl. Medii (#) . [NL., fr. L. medius middle. See Medium .] (Anat.) The third or middle finger; the third digit, or that which corresponds to it.

Medlar <Xpage=908>

Med"lar (?) , n. [OE. medler medlar tree, OF. meslier , F. n\'82flier , L. mespilum , mespilus , Gr. <?/, <?/. Cf. Naseberry .] A tree of the genus Mespilus ( M. Germanica ); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay.

Japan medlar (Bot.) , the loquat. See Loquat . -- Neapolitan medlar (Bot.) , a kind of thorn tree ( Crat\'91gus Azarolus ); also, its fruit.

Medle <Xpage=908>

Med"le (?) , v. t. [See Meddle .] To mix; to mingle; to meddle. [Written also medly .] [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Medley <Xpage=908>

Med"ley (?) , n. ; pl. Medleys (#) . [OE. medlee , OF. mesl\'82e , medl\'82e , mell\'82e , F. m\'88l\'82e . See Meddle , and cf. Mel\'90e , Mellay .] 1. A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously.

This medley of philosophy and war. Addison.

Love is a medley of endearments, jars, Suspicions, reconcilements, wars. W. Walsh.

2. The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a m\'88l\'82e. [Obs.]

Holland.

3. (Mus.) A composition of passages detached from several different compositions; a potpourri.

&hand; Medley is usually applied to vocal, potpourri to instrumental, compositions.

4. A cloth of mixed colors.

Fuller.

Medley <Xpage=908>

Med"ley , a. 1. Mixed; of mixed material or color. [Obs.] "A medl\'8a coat ."

Chaucer.

2. Mingled; confused.

Dryden.

Medly <Xpage=908>

Med"ly (?) , v. t. See Medle .

Johnson.

M\'82doc <Xpage=908>

M\'82`doc" (?) , n. [Cf. Mayduke .] A class of claret wines, including several varieties, from the district of M\'82doc in the department of Gironde.

Medregal <Xpage=908>

Med"re*gal (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Bonito , 3.

Medrick <Xpage=908>

Med"rick (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo\'94l.) A species of gull or tern. [Prov.]

Lowell.

Medulla <Xpage=908>

Me*dul"la (?) , n. [L.] 1. Marrow; pith; hence, essence. [Obs.]

Milton.

2. (Anat.) The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; as, the medulla , or medullary substance, of the kidney ; specifically, the medula oblongata.