Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a mediate manner; by the intervention of a mean or medium; indirectly; by mediation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to
immediately .
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- adverb In a
mediate manner; by the intervention of anintermediary agent or means; by indirectmediation ; indirectly.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is enough to say here that, according to some theologians, virtually revealed truths belong to the material object of faith and become dogmas in the strict sense when defined or proposed by the Church; and according to others, they do not belong to the material object of faith prior to their definition, but become strict dogmas when defined; and, according to others, they do not belong to the material object of Divine faith at all, nor become dogmas in the strict sense when defined, but may be called mediately-Divine or ecclesiastical dogmas.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Mr. Paterson im mediately plugged New York state's $1.1 billion share of the added money into his 2010-11 fiscal plan.
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These two sorts of objects, what we are immediately conscious of and what we are mediately conscious of, are found in all consciousness.
A good idea at the time Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Kretz sent me an interesting reaction to the post as an email, and gave me permission to post it in the comments here: My gripe with the post basically is that its drawing a conclusion from brain area activity to the nature of the visually perceptive faculty. this conclusion is drawn mediately, namely via the thesis of causality the premise of all natural science.
The Two-Streams Hypothesis James Gurney 2010
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Im mediately the objections and roadblocks came tumbling out.
Obama William McGurn 2010
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These two sorts of objects, what we are immediately conscious of and what we are mediately conscious of, are found in all consciousness.
Archive 2008-08-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Troubot answered im - mediately; he was Nepe's closest friend, and he knew he owed his consciousness to her.
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The gorgeous Sarah Bernhardt was so impressed with his work that she immediately offered Mucha a long contract.
Mucha, a proud Czech Hels 2009
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The gorgeous Sarah Bernhardt was so impressed with his work that she immediately offered Mucha a long contract.
Archive 2009-01-01 Hels 2009
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From Kant's point of view, this is to represent my desk mediately at least in the sense that the concept,, represents an object through other concepts, such as
Kant's Views on Space and Time Janiak, Andrew 2009
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