intercede

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• /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈsiːd/
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First attested in c. 1570. From Middle French intercéder, from Latin intercēdō, from inter- (“between”) + cēdō (“I go”) (English cede), literally “to (act as) go-between”.

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: застъпвам се (zastǎpvam se) — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Bulgarian: ходатайствам (hodatajstvam) — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Catalan: intercedir — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Czech: přimluvit — to plea on someone else's behalf
• German: bitten — to plea on someone else's behalf
• German: verwenden — to plea on someone else's behalf
• German: eingreifen — to plea on someone else's behalf
• German: intervenieren — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Greek: μεσολαβώ (mesolavó) — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Hungarian: közbenjár — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Latin: intercēdō — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Old English: ǣrendian — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Polish: pośredniczyć — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Polish: interweniować — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Polish: zainterweniować — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Russian: ходатайствовать (xodatajstvovatʹ) — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Spanish: interceder — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Ukrainian: заступа́тися (zastupátysja) — to plea on someone else's behalf
• Ukrainian: заступи́тися (zastupýtysja) — to plea on someone else's behalf