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intermediatory

adj
/ɪntəˈmiːdɪətəɹɪ/UK

Etymology

From intermediate (“to act between others, to mediate”, verb) + -ory (suffix forming adjectives).

  1. borrowed from intermediātus
  2. suffixed as intermediatory — “intermediate + ory”

Definitions

  1. Having the function of intermediating

    Having the function of intermediating; mediatory.

    • Animosities are softened by the intermediatory offices of an unpremeditated libation.
    • There is no necessary, far less automatic, connection between intermediatory behaviour and the production of literature.

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