intercede
/ɪntə(ɹ)ˈsiːd/
intercede verb: to plead on someone else's behalf.
Verb
intercede (third-person singular simple present intercedes, present participle interceding, simple past and past participle interceded)
- To plead on someone else's behalf.
- Our Lady intercedes
- Synonyms:
- intercess
- To 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
- To pass between; to intervene.
- He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived.1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ
intercede meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
intercede in Tamil
- இடையிட்டுப் பரிந்துரை, சந்து செய்
intercede in Urdu
- مدخل ہونا, ثالث بننا, شفاعت کرنا, سفارش کرنا
intercede in Bengali
- মধ্যস্থতা করা, সুপারিশ করা
intercede in Malayalam
- ഇടപെടുക, മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥം വഹിക്കുക, നിവേദിക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- intercede in Kannada
- ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸು, ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥಿಕೆ ವಹಿಸು, ಶಿಫಾರಸು ಮಾಡು, ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥಿಸು
Synonyms of intercede
Forms of intercede
| third-person singular present | intercedes |
|---|---|
| present participle | interceding |
| past participle | interceded |
| past | interceded |
Origin of intercede
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”.
Words that rhyme with intercede
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- weed
- proceed
- stampede
- concede
- accede
- deed
- exceed
- need
- bede
- knead
- mislead
- plead
- rede
- swede
- cede
- creed
- godspeed
- heed
- keyed
- leed
- meed
- precede
- recede
- tumbleweed
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- beread
- greed
- he'd
- indeed
- interbreed
- kneed
- mead
- secede
- she'd
- sneed
- steed
- supersede
- underfeed
- we'd
- ye'd
- agreed
- anasheed
- aniseed
- atheed
- caid
- co-feed
- cofeed
- counterplead
Questions about intercede
- What does intercede mean?
- Intercede means to plead on someone else's behalf.
- What is intercede in Tamil?
- Intercede in Tamil is இடையிட்டுப் பரிந்துரை, சந்து செய். See Intercede meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is intercede?
- Intercede is a verb.
- How do you pronounce intercede?
- Intercede is pronounced /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈsiːd/.
- What is the past tense of intercede?
- The past tense of intercede is interceded.
Words near intercede in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intercede (page history and authors); intercede (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intercede (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Intercede (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intercede (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intercede (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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