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The Latin cedere means "to go", so "go between" is the most literal meaning of intercede. (The same -cede root can also be seen in such words as precede and secede.) If you've been blamed unfairly for something, a friend may intercede on your behalf with your coach or teacher. More often, it will be the coach or teacher who has to intercede in a student dispute. The intercession of foreign governments has sometimes prevented conflicts from becoming worse than they otherwise would have.
Examples of intercede in a Sentence
Their argument probably would have become violent if I hadn't interceded.
When the boss accused her of lying, several other employees interceded on her behalf.
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Eventually, Goode and his crew, and even Cunningham, decided to intercede on Tonka’s behalf.
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Lane Brown, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024
The Quai Branly did not grant her request for access until Beninese officials, who wanted to record the handover for posterity, interceded on her behalf.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
Trump’s offer, however ill-advised, was hardly the first U.S. attempt to intercede in Kashmir.
—Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2019
Bravo was already locking horns with one another, wanting to intercede on the waterboarding but told by Davis to stand down.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024
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Lane Brown, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024
The Quai Branly did not grant her request for access until Beninese officials, who wanted to record the handover for posterity, interceded on her behalf.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
Trump’s offer, however ill-advised, was hardly the first U.S. attempt to intercede in Kashmir.
—Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2019
Bravo was already locking horns with one another, wanting to intercede on the waterboarding but told by Davis to stand down.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for intercede
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“Intercede.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intercede. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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intercede
verb
in·ter·cede
ˌint-ər-ˈsēd 
interceded; interceding
1
: to act as a go-between for hostile parties
2
: to plead in behalf of another
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