intermediatory en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪntəˈmiːdɪətəɹɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪntəˈmiːdɪətɹi/ (UK)
Etymology
From intermediate (“to act between others, to mediate”, verb) + -ory (suffix forming adjectives).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having the function of intermediating; mediatory.
Animosities are softened by the intermediatory offices of an unpremeditated libation.
1851, Fraser’s Magazine, XLIV, page 608:There is no necessary, far less automatic, connection between intermediatory behaviour and the production of literature.
1992, Philip R. Davies, chapter VII, in In Search of ‘Ancient Israel’, page 124: