Dictionary

intercede en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈsiːd/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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”.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To plead on someone else's behalf.
   • Our Lady intercedes
2. (intransitive) To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate.
   • I to the Lords will intercede, not doubting / Thir favourable ear, 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 57:
3. (intransitive) To pass between; to intervene.
   • He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived. 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:

Forms

Relateds

intercession · intercessor · intercessory · intercessionary · intercedent

Synonyms

intercess

Translations (19)

hu közbenjár (to plea on someone else's behalf) · ru ходатайствовать (to plea on someone else's behalf) · pl zainterweniować (to plea on someone else's behalf) · pl pośredniczyć (to plea on someone else's behalf) · ang ǣrendian (to plea on someone else's behalf) · bg ходатайствам (to plea on someone else's behalf) · de verwenden (to plea on someone else's behalf) · de intervenieren (to plea on someone else's behalf) · de bitten (to plea on someone else's behalf) · es interceder (to plea on someone else's behalf) · uk заступа́тися (to plea on someone else's behalf) · la intercēdō (to plea on someone else's behalf) · ca intercedir (to plea on someone else's behalf) · uk заступи́тися (to plea on someone else's behalf) · pl interweniować (to plea on someone else's behalf) · bg застъпвам се (to plea on someone else's behalf) · de eingreifen (to plea on someone else's behalf) · el μεσολαβώ (to plea on someone else's behalf) · cs přimluvit (to plea on someone else's behalf)