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  1.                 From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
                

    
                
                  
    Mediation (?), n. [OE. mediacioun, F. médiation. See {Mediate}, a.]
    

    1. The act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention.
    

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        The soul [acts] by the mediation of these passions.
    

                -- South.
    

    
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    2. Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession.
    

                Bacon.
    

    
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