Dictionary
in•ter•cede
Pronunciation: (in"tur-sēd'), [key]—
v.i., -ced•ed, -ced•ing.
1. to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition:
to intercede with the governor for a condemned man.
2. to attempt to reconcile differences between two people or groups; mediate.
3. Rom. Hist.(of a tribune or other magistrate) to interpose a veto.
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