Meanings
present singular third person intercedes · participle present interceding · participle past interceded · past interceded
- intransitiveTo act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate.
I to the Lords will intercede, not doubting / Thir favourable ear,
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
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo plead on someone else's behalf.
More synonyms by meaning
verbact between parties with a view to reconciling differences
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinintercēdō
- Middle Frenchintercéder
- Englishintercede
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”.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian застъпвам се, ходатайствам
- застъпвам се (zastăpvam se)to plea on someone else's behalf
- ходатайствам (hodatajstvam)to plea on someone else's behalf
Catalan intercedir
- intercedirto plea on someone else's behalf
Czech přimluvit
- přimluvitto plea on someone else's behalf
German bitten, verwenden
- bittento plea on someone else's behalf
- verwendento plea on someone else's behalf
- eingreifento plea on someone else's behalf
- intervenierento plea on someone else's behalf
Greek μεσολαβώ
- μεσολαβώ (mesolavó)to plea on someone else's behalf
Hungarian közbenjár
- közbenjárto plea on someone else's behalf
Latin intercēdō
- intercēdōto plea on someone else's behalf
Polish pośredniczyć, interweniować
- pośredniczyćto plea on someone else's behalf
- interweniowaćto plea on someone else's behalf
- zainterweniowaćto plea on someone else's behalf
Russian ходатайствовать
- ходатайствовать (xodatajstvovatʹ)to plea on someone else's behalf
Spanish interceder
- intercederto plea on someone else's behalf
Ukrainian заступа́тися, заступи́тися
- заступа́тися (zastupátysja)to plea on someone else's behalf
- заступи́тися (zastupýtysja)to plea on someone else's behalf
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
intercede. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercede
“intercede.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercede. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intercede,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intercede.
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