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interceed

interceed is the obsolete form of intercede.

Meaning of intercede

Verb

intercede (third-person singular simple present intercedes, present participle interceding, simple past and past participle interceded)

  1. (intransitive) To plead on someone else's behalf.
    • Our Lady intercedes
    Synonyms:
    intercess
  2. (intransitive) 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
  3. (intransitive) 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

Forms of interceed

third-person singular presentinterceeds
present participleinterceeding
past participleinterceeded
pastinterceeded

Questions about interceed

What is interceed the obsolete form of?
Interceed is the obsolete form of intercede.

Words near interceed in the dictionary

  1. intercedes
  2. intercedest
  3. intercedeth
  4. interceding
  5. intercedings
  6. interceed
  7. interceeded
  8. interceeding
  9. interceeds
  10. intercell
  11. intercellular

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