to try to persuade someone in authority to help someone else or to change their opinion or decision about them, especially someone who is going to be punished
intercede with someone (on someone’s behalf):
Localgroupsasked the politician to intercede with the government on their behalf.
Synonyms and related words
To encourage someone to do or to not do something
encourage
persuade
convince
intercede
verb intransitive formal
US /ˌɪntərˈsid/
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
intercede
he/she/it
intercedes
present participle
interceding
past tense
interceded
past participle
interceded
DEFINITIONS1
1
to try to persuade someone in authority to help someone else or to change their opinion or decision about them, especially someone who is going to be punished
intercede with someone (on someone’s behalf):
Localgroupsasked the politician to intercede with the government on their behalf.