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verb

Intercede v. t. To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate. (Obs.)

Intercede v. i. (past & past part. interceded; pres. part. interceding)

To pass between; to intervene. (Obs.) "He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived."

To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; usually followed by with and for or on behalf of; as, I will intercede with him for you. "I to the lords will intercede, not doubting Their favorable ear."

Synonyms: To mediate; arbitrate. See Interpose.

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"Intercede" Quotes from Famous Books

... allow the Africans to enter the town with their muskets full-cocked, and poised ready to fire. An interpreter was now procured, and the mutineers were told that if they would retire to their barracks the gentlemen present would intercede for their pardon. The negroes refused to accede to these terms; and while the interpreter was addressing some, the rest tried to push forward. Some of the militia opposed them by holding their muskets in a horizontal position, ...

— The History of the First West India Regiment • A. B. Ellis

... mark this time, Mr. Flint. The very day after her father's death, Nora Costello received a letter from her brother, saying that he was ashamed to come home without first securing forgiveness, and asking his sister to intercede for him, and to meet him in London with the news of ...

— Flint - His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes • Maud Wilder Goodwin

... see her without an order from the Crown. Shrewsbury, though loyal to Elizabeth, was notoriously well inclined to Mary, and therefore could not be taken into confidence. In writing to him Cecil merely said that friends of Fitzwilliam's were in prison in Spain; that if the Queen of Scots would intercede for them, Philip might be induced to let them go. He might therefore allow Fitzwilliam to have a private audience ...

— English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century - Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 • James Anthony Froude

... contents of the paper. 'I'll tell you what you shall do,' roared the brutal wretch who sat on the bench, 'ask mercy of them that can give it—that is, of God and the king.' The prisoner said, 'I humbly beseech you to intercede with his majesty for mercy.' 'Tie him up, executioner,' cried the judge; 'I speak it from my soul: I think we have the greatest happiness in the world in enjoying what we do under so good and gracious ...

— From Boyhood to Manhood • William M. Thayer

... Ghost, patiently and silently endured a year's suspension to avoid; that if his conscience permitted him to yield obedience he would subscribe the edicts, "for," said he, "what I can do with a good conscience, I can easily consent and promise to do." He begged them to intercede for him with the Prince, that he might be absolved from obedience to the edicts on resuming office. In everything else he promised all possible hearty and humble obedience. He begged that he might be permitted to adhere to his Lutheran Confessions and "Formula Concordiae;" ...

— Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs - Translated by John Kelly • Paul Gerhardt

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