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intermediatory

UK/ɪntəˈmiːdɪətəɹɪ/

intermediatory adjective: having the function of intermediating; mediatory.

Adjective

intermediatory (not comparable)

  1. Having the function of intermediating; mediatory.
    • Animosities are softened by the intermediatory offices of an unpremeditated libation.1851, Fraser’s Magazine, XLIV, page 608
    • There is no necessary, far less automatic, connection between intermediatory behaviour and the production of literature.1992, Philip R. Davies, chapter VII, in In Search of ‘Ancient Israel’, page 124

Origin of intermediatory

From intermediate (“to act between others, to mediate”, verb) + -ory (suffix forming adjectives).

Questions about intermediatory

What does intermediatory mean?
Intermediatory means having the function of intermediating; mediatory.
What part of speech is intermediatory?
Intermediatory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce intermediatory?
Intermediatory is pronounced /ɪntəˈmiːdɪətəɹɪ/ (UK).

Words near intermediatory in the dictionary

  1. intermediating
  2. intermediation
  3. intermediations
  4. intermediator
  5. intermediators
  6. intermediatory
  7. intermediatrices
  8. intermediatrix
  9. intermedin
  10. intermedins
  11. intermediodorsal

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