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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mediately  \Me"di*ate*ly\,  adv 
  In  a  mediate  manner;  by  a  secondary  cause  or  agent;  not 
  directly  or  primarily;  by  means  --  opposed  to  {immediately}. 
 
  God  worketh  all  things  amongst  us  mediately.  --Sir  W. 
  Raleigh. 
 
  The  king  grants  a  manor  to  A,  and  A  grants  a  portion  of 
  it  to  B.  In  this  case.  B  holds  his  lands  immediately  of 
  A,  but  mediately  of  the  king.  --Blakstone.