intercede

See also: intercedé, intercédé, and intercède

English

Etymology

First attested in c. 1570. From Middle French intercéder, from Latin intercēdō, from inter- (“between”) + cēdō (“I go”) (English cede), literally “to (act as) go-between”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈsiːd/

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• Rhymes: -iːd

Verb

intercede (third-person singular simple present intercedes, present participle interceding, simple past and past participle interceded)

1. (intransitive) To plead on someone else's behalf.
2. (intransitive) To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 57:

     I to the Lords will intercede, not doubting / Thir favourable ear,

3. To pass between; to intervene.
   • 1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ:

     He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived.

Translations

to plea on someone else's behalf

• Bulgarian: застъпвам се (zastǎpvam se), ходатайствам (hodatajstvam)
• Catalan: intercedir (ca)
• Czech: přimluvit
• German: bitten (de), verwenden (de), eingreifen (de), intervenieren (de)
• Greek: μεσολαβώ (el) (mesolavó)
• Hungarian: közbenjár (hu)
• Latin: intercēdō
• Old English: ǣrendian
• Russian: ходатайствовать (ru) impf (xodatajstvovatʹ)
• Ukrainian: заступа́тися impf (zastupátysja), заступи́тися pf (zastupýtysja)

Anagrams

• interceed

Italian

Verb

intercede

1. third-person singular present indicative of intercedere

Anagrams

• di recente, recidente, ricedente

Latin

Verb

intercēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of intercēdō

Portuguese

Verb

intercede

1. inflection of interceder:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intercéder.

Verb

a intercede (third-person singular present interced, past participle interces) 3rd conjugation

1. to intercede

Conjugation

    conjugation of intercede (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive			a intercede
gerund			intercezând
past participle			interces
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	interced	intercezi	intercede	intercedem	intercedeți	interced
	imperfect	intercedeam	intercedeai	intercedea	intercedeam	intercedeați	intercedeau
	simple perfect	intercesei	interceseși	intercese	interceserăm	interceserăți	interceseră
	pluperfect	intercesesem	interceseseși	intercesese	interceseserăm	interceseserăți	interceseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să interced	să intercezi	să interceadă	să intercedem	să intercedeți	să interceadă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		intercede			intercedeți
	negative		nu intercede			nu intercedeți

Spanish

Verb

intercede

1. inflection of interceder:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative