mediatizes

Verb

mediatize (third-person singular simple present mediatizes, present participle mediatizing, simple past and past participle mediatized)

1. To make (a state or leader under the Holy Roman Empire) into a mediate vassal rather than an immediate one, directly under the emperor; (by extension) to annex while preserving certain rights and titles.
   • In all, 112 imperial Estates were mediatized or lost to France, including virtually the entire church lands east of the Rhine […].2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 650
2. To reduce the effect of (something) by introducing a mediating agent.
3. To filter (an event etc.) through the mass media; to exploit (something or someone) for media exposure; to propagandize via social media.