Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ME-DI-A'TION, n. [Fr. from L. medius, middle.]

1. Interposition; intervention; agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them. The contentions of individuals and families are often terminated by the mediation of friends. The controversies of nations are sometimes adjusted by mediation. The reconciliation of sinners to God by the mediation of Christ, is a glorious display of divine benevolence.
2. Agency interposed; intervenient power. The soul, during its residence in the body, does all things by the mediation of the passions. – South.
3. Intercession; entreaty for another.