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mediative

mediative adjective: pertaining to mediation; that mediates.

Adjective

mediative (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to mediation; that mediates
    • mediative efforts
    • The consequence of our consultations was, that some Northern power should be applied to in a friendly and mediative capacity1847, B[enjamin] Disraeli, Tancred: Or, The New Crusade. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC

Origin of mediative

From mediate + -ive.

Words formed from mediative

Questions about mediative

What does mediative mean?
Mediative means pertaining to mediation; that mediates.
What part of speech is mediative?
Mediative is an adjective.

Words near mediative in the dictionary

  1. mediatisations
  2. mediatise
  3. mediatised
  4. mediatises
  5. mediatising
  6. mediative
  7. mediatively
  8. mediativity
  9. mediatization
  10. mediatizations
  11. mediatize

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