"mediating" in the verb sense
1. intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate
act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
"He interceded in the family dispute"
"He mediated a settlement"
2. mediate
occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
"mediate between the old and the new"
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