Definition for ME'DI-ATE-LY

ME'DI-ATE-LY, adv.

By means or by a secondary cause, acting between the first cause and the effect. God worketh all things amongst us mediately by secondary means. – Raleigh. 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. – Blackstone.

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