intermediatory

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪntəˈmiːdɪətəɹɪ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪntəˈmiːdɪətɹi/

Adjective

intermediatory (not comparable)

1. Having the function of intermediating; mediatory.
   • 1851, Fraser’s Magazine, XLIV, page 608:

     Animosities are softened by the intermediatory offices of an unpremeditated libation.

   • 1992, Philip R. Davies, chapter VII, in In Search of ‘Ancient Israel’, page 124:

     There is no necessary, far less automatic, connection between intermediatory behaviour and the production of literature.

Translations

having the function of intermediating

References

• “Intermediatory, a.” listed on page 406/1 of § 2 (I) of volume V (H–K, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray, 1901) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)