interceder
/in-ter-seed/US // ˌɪn tərˈsid //UK // (ˌɪntəˈsiːd) //
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in·ter·ced·ed, in·ter·ced·ing.
- : 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.
- : to attempt to reconcile differences between two people or groups; mediate.
- : Roman History. to interpose a veto.
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Examples
The Supreme Court public affairs office didn’t respond to repeated requests to comment on what the rules say for when a Senate confirmation would be too late for a justice to intercede on any particular case pending before the court.
Shakespeare, with ever a keen eye for great men, makes the earl the interceder for Prince Arthur.
He was therefore one of the many developed forms of Tammuz--a solar, corn, and military deity, and an interceder for mankind.
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