intermediacy

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Not only is it phrased in the most friendly terms, but it invites a submission of further evidence regarding the Lusitania's alleged guns and even the resumption of negotiations with Great Britain through American intermediacy.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various

This intermediacy has doubtful significance, because fin-size in Rhinichthys varies greatly with body-size, sex, and probably with the state of sexual development.

From Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae) by Cross, Frank B.

Edwin was often astonished at the increasing resemblance of Clara to her aunt, with whom, thanks to the unconscious intermediacy of babies, she was even indeed quite intimate.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

Her looks asked him to forgive her for having dared, by Natasha's intermediacy, to remind him of his promise, and then thanked him for his love.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

It is now alleged that departed persons need not exert influence through their dead bones alone, nor yet only by their supposed intermediacy with higher powers.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)