Intercede Definition

ĭntər-sēd
interceded, intercedes, interceding
verb
interceded, intercedes, interceding
To plead or make a request in behalf of another or others.
To intercede with the authorities for the prisoner.
Webster's New World
To intervene for the purpose of producing agreement; mediate.
Webster's New World
To act as mediator in a dispute.
American Heritage
To make a supplication to God in behalf of someone.
Webster's New World
The definition of intercede is to get involved in something on behalf of another person, or to speak up or act on someone's behalf.
When you get involved in an argument to stand up for a friend, this is an example of a situation where you intercede in the argument.
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Origin of Intercede

  • Latin intercēdere to intervene inter- inter- cēdere to go ked- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Intercede Sentence Examples

  • Now the father has come to intercede for him.

  • In 64 he went to Rome to intercede on behalf of some priests,.

  • Rostov, in dismay, began justifying himself, but seeing the kindly, jocular face of the general, he took him aside and in an excited voice told him the whole affair, asking him to intercede for Denisov, whom the general knew.

  • The marriage was zealously opposed by Archbishop Malger of Rouen and Lanfranc, the prior of Bec; but Lanfranc was persuaded to intercede with the Curia, and Pope Nicholas II.

  • At the time of the invasion of the Gauls in 391 B.C., on the other hand, Clusium was on friendly terms with Rome; indeed, it was the action of the Roman envoys who had come to intercede for the people of Clusium with the Gauls, and then, contrary to international law, took part in the battle which followed, which determined the Gauls to march on Rome.

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