— interceder , n.
/in'teuhr seed"/ , v.i. , interceded, interceding .
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.
[ 1570-80; intercedere. See INTER-, CEDE ]
Syn. 1, 2. intervene.