Intercede

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: in=ter=cede

CIDE DICTIONARY

Intercede, v. i. [L. intercedere, intercessum; inter between + cedere to pass: cf. F. intercéder. See Cede.].

•  To pass between; to intervene.  [1913 Webster]

  "He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived."  [1913 Webster]
•  To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for or on behalf of; as, I will intercede with him for you.  [1913 Webster]

  "I to the lords will intercede, not doubting
  Their favorable ear."

Syn. -- To mediate; arbitrate. See Interpose.

Intercede, v. t. 

 To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate.  Sir I. Newton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Intercede, v.intr. (usu. foll. by with) interpose or intervene on behalf of another; plead (they interceded with the king for his life).

Derivative

interceder n.

Etymology

F interc{eacute}der or L intercedere intercess- intervene (as INTER-, cedere go)

THESAURUS

Intercede

act between, arbitrate, bargain, go between, interfere, intermediate, interpose, intervene, judge, make terms, mediate, meet halfway, moderate, negotiate, referee, represent, step in, treat with, umpire

ROGET THESAURUS

Intercede

Mediation

VB mediate, mediatize, intercede, interpose, interfere, intervene, step in, negotiate, meet halfway, arbitrate, magnas componere lites, bargain.