Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-TER-CEDE'
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IN-TER-CEDE', v.i. [L. intercedo; inter and cedo; literally, to move or pass between.]
- To pass between. He supposes that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age in which he lived. Hale.
- To mediate; to interpose; to make intercession; to act between parties with a view to reconcile those who differ or contend; usually followed by with. Calamy.
- To plead in favor of one.
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