mediative

[ mee-dee-ey-tiv, -uh-tiv ]

adjective

1. mediating; mediatory.

Other Words From

• non·medi·ative adjective
• un·medi·ative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mediative¹

First recorded in 1805–15; mediate + -ive

Example Sentences

The consequence of our consultations was, that some Northern power should be applied to in a friendly and mediative capacity.

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The factional life is mediative and instrumental; the personal life is initiative and purposive.

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What he knows, however well established in his actual, positive consciousness, is at best only relative and mediative.

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