spoke (iou) and mediate(2) (iou)

spoke (iou)

spoke noun & verb1.
[Old English spaca = Old Frisian speke, spake, Old Saxon speca, Old High German speihha (Dutch speek, German Speiche), from West Germanic, from Germanic base of SPIKE noun1.]
A. noun.
Each of the bars or rods radiating from the hub of a wheel to support the rim. OE.
b. Each of a set of radial handles projecting from a wheel or cylinder, esp. a ship's wheel. M17.
c. Basket-making. = STAKE noun1 4c. L19.
A bar or rod of wood etc., esp. as used for a particular purpose; a stake, a pole; spec. (a) a rung of a ladder; (b) Scottish History each of the poles used for carrying a coffin to the graveside. LME.
Botany. A pedicel of an umbel; a ray. rare. L16-L18.
Phrases: a spoke in a person's wheel a thing that thwarts or hinders a person, an impediment, an obstacle, (now chiefly in put a spoke in a person's wheel, thwart or hinder a person). put one's spoke in = put one's oar in s.v. OAR noun.
Comb.: spokeshave a kind of draw-knife consisting of a blade set between two handles placed lengthwise, used for planing spokes and Other work unsuitable for an ordinary plane.
b. verb trans.
Provide or construct with spokes; fig. mark with radial lines like spokes. E18.
Thrust a spoke into (a wheel etc.) to check movement; fig. block, impede, obstruct. M19.
Drive or force (a wheel or vehicle) forward by pushing the spokes. M19.
spokeless adjective LME.
spokewise adverb in the manner of the spokes of a wheel M19.

mediate(2) (iou)

mediate verb. M16.
[Latin mediat- pa. ppl stem of mediare, from medius MID adjective. Partly back-form. from MEDIATION.]
verb trans. Divide (a thing) into two equal parts. M16-E17.
verb trans.
a. Settle or soothe (a dispute etc.) by mediation. M16.
b. Bring about or obtain (an agreement etc.) by acting as mediator. L16.
verb intrans.
a. Take a moderate position, avoid extremes. rare. Only in E17.
b. Occupy an intermediate position, be between; form a connecting link between one thing and another. M17.
verb intrans. Act as a mediator; intervene (between parties in dispute) to produce agreement or reconciliation. E17.
L. Namier As for the King's advisers, he considered it their task to mediate between..King and Parliament.
verb trans. Act as an intermediary in facilitating (a result) or conveying (a gift etc.); in pass., be imparted mediately; Psychology bring about by acting as an intermediate stage between stimulus and response, or an intention and its realization; act as or make use of a mediator. M17.
H. Johnson The United States pledged to mediate Guatemala's claim to British Honduras territory. R. D. Laing My experience of you is always mediated through your behaviour.
mediated adjective interposed, intervening; Psychology involving or arrived at by mediation: M19.
mediative adjective (rare) that mediates, pertaining to mediation or a mediator E19.

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