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in·ter·cede

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–verb (used without object), -ced·ed, -ced·ing.

1.	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.

2.	to attempt to reconcile differences between two people or groups; mediate.

3.	Roman History. (of a tribune or other magistrate) to interpose a veto.

[Origin: 1570–80; < L intercédere. See inter-, cede

]

—Related forms

in·ter·ced·er, noun

—Synonyms 1, 2. intervene.

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intr.v. in·ter·ced·ed, in·ter·ced·ing, in·ter·cedes

[Latin intercēdere, to intervene : inter-, inter- + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]

in'ter·ced'er n.

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