intercede
verb [intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intercede | |
| he / she / it intercedes | |
| past simple interceded | |
| past participle interceded | |
| -ing form interceding |
- intercede (with somebody) (for/on behalf of somebody)
to speak to somebody in order to persuade them to be kind to somebody else or to help settle an argument （为某人）说情；（向某人）求情 They interceded with the authorities on behalf of the detainees. 他们为被拘留者向当局求情。 Their father made no attempt to intercede. 他们的父亲无意求情。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French intercéder or Latin intercedere ‘intervene’, from inter- ‘between’ + cedere ‘go’.