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- Dictionaryintercede/ˌɪntəˈsiːd/
verb
- 1. intervene on behalf of another: "I prayed that she would intercede for us"
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to use your influence to persuade someone in authority not to punish or harm someone or to do something for someone: Some pharmacists will intercede on your behalf with doctors. (Definition of intercede from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
If you intercede with someone, you try to persuade them to forgive someone or end their disagreement with them. [ formal ] They asked my father to intercede with the king on their behalf.
The meaning of INTERCEDE is to intervene between parties with a view to reconciling differences : mediate. How to use intercede in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Intercede.
If you intercede with someone, you try to persuade them to forgive someone or end their disagreement with them.
Intercede definition: to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition. See examples of INTERCEDE used in a sentence.
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.
1. ( often foll by in) to come between parties or act as mediator or advocate: to intercede in the strike. 2. (Historical Terms) Roman history (of a tribune or other magistrate) to interpose a veto. [C16: from Latin intercēdere to intervene, from inter- + cēdere to move] ˌinterˈceder n.
When you intercede, you try to help people work out their differences or achieve something, like when you intercede on your friend's behalf to encourage your boss to hire him, or when feuding friends ask you to intercede, guiding them to sort out their differences.
Definition of intercede verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
in•ter•cede (in′tər sēd′ ), v.i., -ced•ed, -ced•ing. to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition: to intercede with the governor for a condemned man. to attempt to reconcile differences between two people or groups; mediate.
