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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Intercede  \In`ter*cede"\,  v.  t. 
  To  be  to  come  or  to  pass,  between;  to  separate.  [Obs.] 
  --Sir  I.  Newton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Intercede  \In`ter*cede"\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Interceded};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Interceding}.]  [L.  intercedere,  intercessum 
  inter  between  +  cedere  to  pass:  cf  F.  interc['e]der.  See 
  {Cede}.] 
  1.  To  pass  between;  to  intervene.  [Obs.] 
 
  He  supposed  that  a  vast  period  interceded  between 
  that  origination  and  the  age  wherein  he  lived.  --Sir 
  M.  Hale. 
 
  2.  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  as  I  will  intercede  with  him  for  you 
 
  I  to  the  lords  will  intercede,  not  doubting  Their 
  favorable  ear.  --Milton. 
 
  Syn:  To  mediate;  arbitrate.  See  {Interpose}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  intercede 
  v  :  act  between  parties  with  a  view  to  reconciling  differences; 
  "He  interceded  in  the  family  dispute"  [syn:  {mediate},  {liaise}, 
  {arbitrate}] 




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