Crossword clues for intercede
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intercede \In`ter*cede"\, v. t.
To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate. [Obs.]
--Sir I. Newton.
Intercede \In`ter*cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Interceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interceding.] [L. intercedere, intercessum; inter between + cedere to pass: cf. F. interc['e]der. See Cede.]
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To pass between; to intervene. [Obs.]
He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived.
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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.
I to the lords will intercede, not doubting Their favorable ear.
--Milton.Syn: To mediate; arbitrate. See Interpose.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, a back-formation from intercession, or else from Latin intercedere "intervene, come between, be between," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + cedere "go" (see cede). Related: Interceded; interceding.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To plead on someone else's behalf. 2 (context intransitive English) To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate. 3 To pass between; to intervene.
WordNet
v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" [syn: mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate]
Usage examples of "intercede".
To Yaguaron the higher clergy flocked to intercede for the good people of Asuncion, all except Father Truxillo, who, knowing something of his Bishop, did not go.
He howled and howled until we asked Barong to intercede for us, beg Ferdinand to contain his raw, sweet sorrow.
He interceded in their behalf with the German General Heister, and with Henry Clinton, the British commander.
Diogenes Laertius also relates of him, that one day meeting a man who was cruelly beating a dog, the Samian sage instantly detected in the piteous howls of the poor beast the cries of a dear friend of his long since deceased, and earnestly and successfully interceded for his rescue.
Thus we made merry on our way, above all at the expense of the canon, who had been begging the countess to intercede with me to give him leave to absent himself half an hour.
I did speak with some of the townswomen and did ask them to intercede for us with the Spirit Talker.
CHAPTER XIV The Actors--Bassi--The Girl From Strasburg The Female Count-- My Return to Paris I Go to Metz--Pretty Raton--The Pretended Countess Lascaris A woman, ugly enough, but lively like all Italians, called on me, and asked me to intercede with the police to obtain permission for her company to act in Augsburg.
It wasn't his business to intercede with the Tran on behalf of Cheela Hwang and her associates.
Magnus said, "who was attainted for treason—but he's Tuan's older brother, so Tuan interceded for him with Catharine.
Would Quenthel permit Halisstra to retain her mastery over the girl, or would the Baenre intercede simply to spite Halisstra and strip her of one more shred of her status?
One of the men, knowing better, grabbed the cudgel and started belaboring him, inflicting real damage, but Paul interceded.
Displeased with Cugel's maneuver, Bunderwal sought to distract his own champion by treading on his toe and causing an altercation, which might have persisted for a goodly period, had not Cugel interceded and pulled Bunderwal back to his chair.
Theodosius condescended to praise the senate of Constantinople, who had generously interceded for their distressed brethren: he rewarded the eloquence of Hilarius with the government of Palestine.
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