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act between parties with a view to reconciling differences- The judge interceded. "It would be best to cooperate, Mr. Amber."Ellen Raskin -- The Westing Game
interceded = intervened (involved oneself)
- He thought of the goddess who had interceded on his behalf and thought the pain might be gone forever.Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
- Jackie tried to intercede on my behalf, but Dad wouldn't listen, and Mom knew better than to say a word.Ellen Hopkins -- Burned
- "Queen Hera," Piper interceded.Rick Riordan -- The Lost Hero
- "Good Spirit," he pursued, as down upon the ground he fell before it: "Your nature intercedes for me, and pities me.Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol
- With a shrewd look at his niece, Matthew Wood interceded for her.Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond
- I am grateful for your intercession, my lady.George R.R. Martin -- A Feast For Crows
- Block was very pleased at this and with lively, but silent, gestures he immediately urged her to intercede for him with the lawyer.Franz Kafka -- The Trial
- She agreed to babysit for Cindy Lou's brothers and sisters and to intercede with Cindy's mother for me.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- He briefly related his attempt to win Lucetta's intercession.Thomas Hardy -- The Mayor of Casterbridge
- He wanted me to intercede with Jim in his favour.Joseph Conrad -- Lord Jim
- Francisco's mother had sent a telegram to President Taft asking him to intercede to save her son's life.Cormac McCarthy -- All the Pretty Horses
- I had gone to his Pavilion early yesterday morning, to intercede with him that he might lift his wrath and permit the return of Lady Parvati.Roger Zelazny -- Lord of Light
- But this intercession seemed to rekindle the general.Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
- Who shall then plead for me, Who intercede for me, in my most need?T.S. Eliot -- Murder in the Cathedral
- The summons announced that the civil and military leader of the province would arrive on the following Friday ready to intercede in the conflict.Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- One Hundred Years of Solitude
- "To friendship," I quickly interceded, and the four of us, agreeing at last, drank to friendship.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- The soft-hearted cook added his intercession, and the result was that the man who had first appeared undertook its delivery.Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist
- The chief's daughter, a beautiful, dark-eyed maiden, secretly loved Juan and believed in his mission, and she interceded for his life and saved him.Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars
- But when he heard another officer talking about swinging by the courthouse, he interceded.Jodi Picoult -- Nineteen Minutes
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
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