Intercede

Word INTERCEDE
Character 9
Hyphenation in ter cede
Pronunciations /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈsiːd/

Definitions and meanings of "Intercede"

What do we mean by intercede?

To plead on another's behalf. intransitive verb

To act as mediator in a dispute. intransitive verb

To come between; pass or occur intermediately; intervene.

To make intercession; act between parties with a view to reconcile those who differ or contend; plead in favor of another; interpose; mediate: followed by with, formerly sometimes by to.

To pass between.

To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate. transitive verb

To pass between; to intervene. intransitive verb

To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for or on behalf of. intransitive verb

To plea on someone else's behalf. verb

To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate. verb

Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences verb

To plead on someone else's behalf.

To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate.

To pass between; to intervene.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Intercede

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The word "intercede" in example sentences

We 'intercede' with God for the harm they have done us - not with the focus being on the harm we have suffered but on the condemnation from God they have earned by doing us harm. ❋ St. Joseph's Secular Franciscan Fraternity (2009)

Paulson doesn't address this subject - and he doesn't go too deeply into what it means to say, as Catholics do, that the saints "intercede" for "those who seek their help." ❋ Unknown (2009)

'intercede' two brothers walking down the sidewalk. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wallace was campaigning on peace with the Soviets, and that night he defended the Communists by saying Czechoslovakia was having a rightist coup and the Soviets had no choice but to intercede. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

In big swaths of the country people felt that the federal government had no constitutional right to intercede in their jurisdiction. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

We thought Khomeini would probably intercede and free the hostages, or at least talk to us about finding some way to negotiate a settlement. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

Anyway, the local white ladies auxilliary got together and could see that this interloper was causing stirrings in the black community and possibly encouraging insurrectionist temperments so they, in a truly Southern fashion, held an afternoon tea (tea in South Alabama was actually LeJon Dry Sherry served in tea cups with finger sandwiches) and invite this woman over to intercede with her on behalf of the community. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Had Bush wanted to intercede, it would have been easy for him to have done so. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But what is the point of refusing to intercede now, when it could help seal Gadhafi's fate, if you remain prepared to intercede later, when at most it will slightly blunt the edge of his vengeful sword? ❋ Bret Stephens (2011)

They connected me with Sharpton to ask that he intercede with the governor in his last few hours in office. ❋ Rabbi Shmuley Boteach (2011)

They are being taken over by the militant, by the extremists, and by the nationalists because they have no leaders, no reasonable people to intercede and restore sanity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Had they tried to intercede, it was more than likely they'd have been put up against a wall and shot. ❋ Giles MacDonogh (2011)

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