mediativeadj.

Brit.

/ˈmiːdɪətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈmidiˌeɪdɪv/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mediate v., -ive suffix.

Etymology: < mediate v. + -ive suffix. Compare post-classical Latin mediativus (1274 in Bonaventura), mediative (adverb, 1523 in Luther).

That mediates, that has the quality of mediating. Also: of or relating to mediation or a mediator.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adjective] > acting as intermediate agent

meana1382

mediatec1449

moyen1470

mediatory1578

intermedial1649

intervenient1651

mediative1813

intermediary1818

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab v. 70 This commerce of sincerest virtue needs No mediative signs of selfishness.

1860 B. F. Westcott Introd. Study Gospels (ed. 5) v. 303 In the Synoptists faith is the mediative energy in material deliverances as the types of higher deliverance.

1899 A. M. Fairbairn Catholicism vii. 299 All means were inadequate, and so divisive; as mediative they held the spirit out of the immediate Presence.

1909 Mind 18 80 Ideas, images or symbols are both states of our mind, modes of our apprehending consciousness..and also objects apprehended, symbolic of objects other than our own states, presentative or mediative of the ‘real’.

1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Dec. 782/3 Mr Dawson's party-line pronouncements on such subjects as contraception or the mediative role of the Church.

1997 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 3 Feb. Another significant difference between an investigatory and mediative examination is the confidentiality of the proceedings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mediative
释义	mediativeadj. Brit. /ˈmiːdɪətɪv/, U.S. /ˈmidiˌeɪdɪv/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mediate v., -ive suffix. Etymology: < mediate v. + -ive suffix. Compare post-classical Latin mediativus (1274 in Bonaventura), mediative (adverb, 1523 in Luther). That mediates, that has the quality of mediating. Also: of or relating to mediation or a mediator. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adjective] > acting as intermediate agent meana1382 mediatec1449 moyen1470 mediatory1578 intermedial1649 intervenient1651 mediative1813 intermediary1818 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab v. 70 This commerce of sincerest virtue needs No mediative signs of selfishness. 1860 B. F. Westcott Introd. Study Gospels (ed. 5) v. 303 In the Synoptists faith is the mediative energy in material deliverances as the types of higher deliverance. 1899 A. M. Fairbairn Catholicism vii. 299 All means were inadequate, and so divisive; as mediative they held the spirit out of the immediate Presence. 1909 Mind 18 80 Ideas, images or symbols are both states of our mind, modes of our apprehending consciousness..and also objects apprehended, symbolic of objects other than our own states, presentative or mediative of the ‘real’. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Dec. 782/3 Mr Dawson's party-line pronouncements on such subjects as contraception or the mediative role of the Church. 1997 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 3 Feb. Another significant difference between an investigatory and mediative examination is the confidentiality of the proceedings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1813
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