intercede

See also: intercedé, intercédé, and intercède

English

Etymology

[circa 1570] From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French intercéder, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin intercēdō, from inter- (“between”) + cēdō (“I go”) (English cede), literally “to (act as) go-between”.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːd

Verb

1. (intransitive) To plead on someone else's behalf.
2. (intransitive) To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate.
   • Milton

     I to the lords will intercede, not doubting their favourable ear.

3. To pass between; to intervene.
   • Sir M. Hale

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

Translations

to plea on someone else's behalf

• Bulgarian: застъпвам се (zastǎpvam se), ходатайствам (hodatajstvam)
• Catalan: intercedir (ca)
• Czech: přimluvit
• German: bitten (de), verwenden (de), eingreifen (de), intervenieren (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: μεσολαβώ (el) (mesolavó)
• Hungarian: közbenjár (hu)
• Latin: intercēdō
• Russian: ходатайствовать (ru) impf (xodatajstvovatʹ)

Anagrams

• interceed

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Italian

Verb

intercede

1. third-person singular present indicative of intercedere

Anagrams

• di recente
• recidente

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) intercēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of intercēdō

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Portuguese

Verb

intercede

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Verb

intercede

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of interceder.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of interceder.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of interceder.