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mediatize, v.|ˈmiːdɪətaɪz|
[ad. F. médiatiser, f. médiat: see mediate a. and -ize. Cf. G. mediatisiren.]
1. trans. Hist. In Germany under the Holy Roman Empire: To reduce (a prince or state) from the position of an immediate vassal of the Empire to that of a mediate vassal. Hence, in later times: To annex (a principality) to another state, leaving to its former sovereign his titular dignity, and (usually) more or less of his rights of government. Also transf. and fig.
1830Fraser's Mag. I. 158 If Prince Paul..did such a thing, he would be mediatised in his princedom of fashion. 1843Thackeray Irish Sk.-bk. ix, Let us trust that the Prince..was at least restored to his family and decently mediatised. 1849J. M. Kemble Saxons in Eng. II. iv. 149 The ducal families were in direct descent from the old regal families, which became mediatized, to use a modern term. 1876J. Martineau Ess., etc. (1891) IV. 257 It [intellectual purpose] is liable to be deposed and ‘mediatized’ by advancing knowledge.
2. intr. To mediate, take up a mediating position.
1885Unitarian Rev. Aug. XXIV. 114 A creed of reconciliation which attempts to mediatize between two opposite parties can never hope for success, if [etc.].
Hence ˈmediatized ppl. a.
1826Disraeli Viv. Grey vi. iv, His Highness has the misfortune of being a mediatised prince. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. III. 102 The mediatized principalities in Germany. 1887Westm. Rev. June 334 The mediatized Bey. |