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interceder

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in⋅ter⋅cede

  [in-ter-seed]
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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 intercēdere. See inter-, cede

Related forms:
in⋅ter⋅ced⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. intervene.
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in·ter·cede   (ĭn'tər-sēd')   
intr.v.   in·ter·ced·ed, in·ter·ced·ing, in·ter·cedes

  1. To plead on another's behalf.

  2. To act as mediator in a dispute.


[Latin intercēdere, to intervene : inter-, inter- + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]
in'ter·ced'er n.
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Word Origin & History

intercede 
1578, from L. intercedere "intervene, go between," from inter- "between" + cedere "go" (see cede).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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