Intercede

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːd

Origin

circa 1570 From Middle French intercéder, from Latin intercēdō,

Online Etymology Dictionary

from inter- ("between") + cēdō ("I go") (English cede), literally “to (act as) go-between”.

Full definition of intercede

Verb

1. (intransitive) To plead on someone else's behalf.
2. (intransitive) To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate.
• MiltonI to the lords will intercede, not doubting their favourable ear.
3. To pass between; to intervene.
• Sir M. HaleHe supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived.