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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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The Mediterranean has also been the site of some of the most high-profile international efforts to intercede on Gazans’ behalf.
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Cnn’s Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 27 July 2025
Investment Bankers were working 100-plus hour workweeks, until management interceded.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
He is said to have interceded in healing the sick — both before and after his death in 1957.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Prince William and Kate Middleton have had to contend with divorce rumors, and then reconciliation rumors, and then reports that Middleton was trying to intercede in the relationship between her husband and Prince Harry.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 31 May 2025
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Cnn’s Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 27 July 2025
Investment Bankers were working 100-plus hour workweeks, until management interceded.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
He is said to have interceded in healing the sick — both before and after his death in 1957.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Prince William and Kate Middleton have had to contend with divorce rumors, and then reconciliation rumors, and then reports that Middleton was trying to intercede in the relationship between her husband and Prince Harry.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 31 May 2025
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 3 Aug. 2025.
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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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