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Word Meanings - INTERCEDE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To pass between; to intervene. He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived. Sir M. Hale. 2. To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead

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1. To pass between; to intervene. He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived. Sir M. Hale. 2. To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for; as, I will intercede with him for you. I to the lords will intercede, not doubting Their favorable ear. Milton. Syn. -- To mediate; arbitrate. See Interpose.

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  • DISAVOWANCE
    Disavowal. South.
  • DISAVOWMENT
    Disavowal. Wotton.
  • DISAVOWER
    One who disavows.
  • INSERT
    To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper. These
  • INTERPOSER
    One who, or that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacle or interruption; a mediator or agent between parties. Shak.
  • INTERVENER
    One who intervenes; especially , a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.
  • EXPOSTULATE
    To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with. Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring
  • MEDDLER
    One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody.
  • INTERCEDE
    1. To pass between; to intervene. He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived. Sir M. Hale. 2. To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead
  • INTRODUCEMENT
    Introduction.
  • MEDDLESOME
    Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive. -- Med"dle*some*ness, n.
  • DISAVOW
    1. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, an the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime. A solemn promise made and disavowed. Dryden.
  • INSERTING
    1. A setting in. 2. Something inserted or set in, as lace, etc., in garments.
  • INTERFERE
    To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; -- said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference, 2. (more info) between + OF. ferir to strike, F. férir, fr. L. ferire. 1. To come in collision; to
  • INSERTED
    Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part; -- said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla, and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle. Gray.
  • INTERVENE
    hinder; inter between + venire to come; akin to E. come: cf. F. 1. To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa. 2. To occur, fall, or come between, points
  • MEDIATENESS
    The state of being mediate.
  • MEDIATE
    1. Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate. Prior. 2. Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition. 3. Gained
  • INTERCEDENT
    Passing between; mediating; pleading. -- In`ter*ced"ent*ly, adv.
  • DISAVOWAL
    The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial. An earnest disavowal of fear often proceeds from fear. Richardson.
  • INTERMEDDLE
    To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with. The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states. Bacon. Syn. -- To
  • REINSERT
    To insert again.
  • IMMEDIATE
    1. Not separated in respect to place by anything intervening; proximate; close; as, immediate contact. You are the most immediate to our throne. Shak. 2. Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant. "Assemble we immediate council." Shak.
  • REMEDIATE
    Remedial. Shak.

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