intercede
verb /ˌɪntəˈsiːd/
/ˌɪntərˈsiːd/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intercede | /ˌɪntəˈsiːd/ /ˌɪntərˈsiːd/ |
| he / she / it intercedes | /ˌɪntəˈsiːdz/ /ˌɪntərˈsiːdz/ |
| past simple interceded | /ˌɪntəˈsiːdɪd/ /ˌɪntərˈsiːdɪd/ |
| past participle interceded | /ˌɪntəˈsiːdɪd/ /ˌɪntərˈsiːdɪd/ |
| -ing form interceding | /ˌɪntəˈsiːdɪŋ/ /ˌɪntərˈsiːdɪŋ/ |
- intercede (with somebody) (for/on behalf of somebody) to speak to somebody in order to persuade them to be kind to somebody else or to help settle an argument synonym intervene
- They interceded with the authorities on behalf of the detainees.
- Their father made no attempt to intercede.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French intercéder or Latin intercedere ‘intervene’, from inter- ‘between’ + cedere ‘go’.