mediate
     adj 1: acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the
            disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
            [ant: {immediate}]
     2: 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" [syn: {in-between},
         {middle}]
     v 1: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences;
          "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a
          settlement" [syn: {intercede}, {intermediate}, {liaise},
           {arbitrate}]
     2: occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a
        connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate
        between the old and the new"
Source: WordNet® 2.0