All 4 Uses of
intercede
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- The magistrate laid emphasis on these words, as if he wished to apply them to the owner himself, while his eyes seemed to plunge into the heart of one who, interceding for another, had himself need of indulgence.†
Chpt 7-8
- "Monsieur," said Morrel, recovering his assurance as he proceeded, "do you recollect that a few days before the landing of his majesty the emperor, I came to intercede for a young man, the mate of my ship, who was accused of being concerned in correspondence with the Island of Elba?†
Chpt 13-14
- Twenty times he interceded for Edmond.†
Chpt 27-28 *
- Tell them yourself that I was taken by bandits, and that without your generous intercession I should now have been sleeping in the Catacombs of St. Sebastian, instead of receiving them in my humble abode in the Rue du Helder.†
Chpt 39-40
Definition:
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(intercede) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences