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Definition of Intercede
1. Verb. Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences. "Sam and Sue Intercede"; "He mediated a settlement"
Generic synonyms: Negociate, Negotiate, Talk Terms
Derivative terms: Arbiter, Arbitrable, Arbitrament, Arbitration, Arbitration, Arbitrative, Arbitrator, Arbitrement, Intercession, Intermediation, Intermediator, Mediation, Mediation, Mediator
Definition of Intercede
1. v. i. To pass between; to intervene.
2. v. t. To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate.
Definition of Intercede
1. Verb. (intransitive) To plea on someone else's behalf. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intercede
1. [v -CEDED, -CEDING, -CEDES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intercede
Literary usage of Intercede
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Missale Ad Usum Ecclesie Westmonasteriensis by Catholic Church, Catholic Church Liturgy and ritual, Westminster Abbey (1897)
"Sancta felicitas : intercede pro 'anima eius.1 Sancta perpetua : intercede
pro 'anima eius.1 'Sancta scolastica : intercede pro anima eius. ..."
2. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1826)
"To intercede and interpole are employed on the highest and lowest occasions ; to
mediate is ... To interfere has nothing conciliating in it like intercede, ..."
3. Publications by Hampshire Record Society, Winchester, Winchester Hampshire Record Society, American peace society, Algernon Sidney Crapsey, Ernest Howard Crosby, W. Evans Darby, John Hyde De Forest, Charles Edward Jefferson, Augustine Jones, Mrs. L. J. Mead, J. H. Ral (1892)
"... and for the friends for whom she has interceded, and I intercede. And for my
soul's need, let there be provided in living cattle, as it may be, ..."
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