ˌintə(r)ˈsēd intransitive verb
Etymology: Latin intercedere, from inter- + cedere to move, go — more at cede
1. obsolete
a. : to get in the way : intervene
b. : to come or lie especially in time or space
2. : to act between parties with a view to reconciling differences : to beg or plead in behalf of another : mediate
the Western powers would not intercede in behalf of the people — N.S.Timasheff
she it was who interceded for the old woman with her uncle — Hilaire Belloc