INTERCEDE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To pass between; to intervene. [Obs.] He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived. Sir M. Hale.

2.
v.

To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for; as, I will intercede with him for you. I to the lords will intercede, not doubting Their favorable ear. Milton.

3.
v.

To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.

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