n. the branch of biotechnology that uses biological processes to overcome environmental problems. [ WordNet 1.6 ]
a. [ F. immédiat. See In- not, and Mediate. ]
You are the most immediate to our throne. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Death . . . not yet inflicted, as he feared,
By some immediate stroke. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The immediate knowledge of the past is therefore impossible. Sir. W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Immediate amputation (Surg.),
adv.
God's acceptance of it either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Matt. viii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Immediateness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat. ]
Intermediate state (Theol.),
Intermediate terms (Math.),
Intermediate tie. (Arch.)
v. i. To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
adv. In an intermediate manner; by way of intervention. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A school having grades at a level between the lower primary grades and the upper secondary grades, being variously grades 4 through 6, or grades 7 through 9, etc. [ PJC ]
n. The act of coming between; intervention; mediation; interposition. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A mediator. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i.
a. [ L. mediatus, p. p. of mediare, v. t., to halve, v. i., to be in the middle. See Mid, and cf. Moiety. ]
An act of mediate knowledge is complex. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to
God worketh all things amongst us mediately. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]
The king grants a manor to A, and A grants a portion of it to B. In this case. B holds his lands immediately of A, but mediately of the king. Blakstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being mediate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. mediacioun, F. médiation. See Mediate, a. ]
The soul [ acts ] by the mediation of these passions. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to mediation; used in mediation;
n. [ Cf. F. médiatisation. ] The act of mediatizing. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The misfortune of being a mediatized prince. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. mediator: cf. E. médiateur. ] One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor. [ 1913 Webster ]
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. ii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation; mediatory;
My measures were . . . healing and mediatorial. Burke. [1913 Webster]
n. The office or character of a mediator. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Mediatorial. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To advocate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Remedial. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]