Sample sentences for INTERCEDE

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Definition

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

(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.)

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

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