interceding

[in-ter-seed]

Origin

verb (used without object), -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.

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

Origin:
1570–80; < Latin intercēdere. See inter-, cede

Related forms

in·ter·ced·er, noun

pre·in·ter·cede, verb (used without object), -ced·ed, -ced·ing.

Synonyms
1, 2. intervene.

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Word Origin & History

intercede

1578, from L. intercedere "intervene, go between," from inter- "between" + cedere "go" (see cede).

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