intercede

First attested in c. 1570. From Middle French intercéder, from Latin intercēdō, from inter- (“between”) + cēdō (“I go”) (English cede), literally “to (act as) go-between”.

• IPA^(key): /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈsiːd/

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• Rhymes: -iːd

intercede (third-person singular simple present intercedes, present participle interceding, simple past and past participle interceded)

1. (intransitive) To plead on someone else's behalf.

   Synonym: intercess (archaic)

   Our Lady intercedes

2. (intransitive) To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, .”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: J M for John Starkey , →OCLC, page 57:

     I to the Lords will intercede, not doubting / Thir favourable ear,

3. To pass between; to intervene.
   • 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:

     He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived.

• interceed

intercede

1. third-person singular present indicative of intercedere

• di recente, recidente, ricedente

intercēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of intercēdō

intercede

1. inflection of interceder:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French intercéder.

a intercede (third-person singular present interced, past participle interces) 3rd conjugation

1. to intercede

intercede

1. inflection of interceder:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative