单词 | mediatory |
释义 | mediatoryadj. 1. Having the function of mediating; relating to, or of the nature of, mediation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > [adjective] > interceding intercessory1576 mediatory1578 interceding1600 deprecativea1617 mediating1662 intercessionary1861 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 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adjective] > relating to or acting as mediator mediating1662 mediatorian1692 moderating1714 intermediatory1851 mediatory1885 mediational1908 1578 W. Darell Short Disc. Life Seruingmen sig. C.iij. I am once againe inforced to write, [marginal note: A letter intercessorie or mediatorie.] and not without iust cause. 1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. 51 Christ's actions..were..some Mediatorie. 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 120 The solemn Inauguration of our Saviour to his Mediatory Kingdom. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 182 The Philosophers' Demons or Mediatorie Lords, which were the original Exemplars of Antichrist's Mediatorie Saints. a1711 T. Ken Christophil in Wks. (1721) I. 447 Our humble King began to rear His Mediatory Realm. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 51 If the supreme power were lodged..in the king and commons, we should want that circumspection and mediatory caution, which the wisdom of the peers is to afford. 1806 G. S. Faber Diss. Prophecies (1814) I. 280 The excessive veneration of supposed mediatory saints and angels. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxii. 245 The mediatory agency of latent thoughts in the process of suggestion. 1885 Liverpool Daily Post 25 Apr. 4/9 Austria and Germany are evincing an increased disposition to dictate terms, but rather of a selfish than a mediatory nature. 1926 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 20 338 A desirable method of preventing the recurrence of incidents of this kind in the future would be the appointment of neutral representatives to exercise a mediatory function. 1987 Independent 10 Mar. 11/1 Andries Treurnicht..endorsed mediatory proposals for a joint electoral plan. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adjective] middlea1200 mean1340 mediate?1440 intercedent1578 interjacent1594 intermedial1599 intermiddle1613 intervenient1626 intervalling1632 intermediate1646 intervening1646 mediatory1650 intercurrent1656 intermedious1678 intermediant1716 intercepting1826 mediant1853 intermediary1875 interferent1876 1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Deliramenta Catarrhi 26 For can that insipid Water..avell the Pleura, or lining of the thorax, from the ribs, which is firmly annexed and immediately adheres unto them by the mediatory ligation of numerous solid Fibers? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1578 |
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