"intercede" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈsiːd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intercede.wav Forms: intercedes [present, singular, third-person], interceding [participle, present], interceded [participle, past], interceded [past]
Rhymes: -iːd 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”. Etymology templates: {{etydate|c|1570}} First attested in c. 1570, {{uder|en|frm|intercéder}} Middle French intercéder, {{uder|en|la|intercēdō}} Latin intercēdō Head templates: {{en-verb}} intercede (third-person singular simple present intercedes, present participle interceding, simple past and past participle interceded)
  1. (intransitive) To plead on someone else's behalf. Tags: intransitive Translations (to plea on someone else's behalf): застъпвам се (zastǎpvam se) (Bulgarian), ходатайствам (hodatajstvam) (Bulgarian), intercedir (Catalan), přimluvit (Czech), bitten (German), verwenden (German), eingreifen (German), intervenieren (German), μεσολαβώ (mesolavó) (Greek), közbenjár (Hungarian), intercēdō (Latin), ǣrendian (Old English), ходатайствовать (xodatajstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заступа́тися (zastupátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), заступи́тися (zastupýtysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-intercede-en-verb-di0vVUi0 Disambiguation of "to plea on someone else's behalf": 92 1 7
  2. (intransitive) To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-intercede-en-verb-3L8chnbH
  3. To pass between; to intervene.
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Alternative forms

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