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intercēdō — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • intercede verb To speak or act on someone else's behalf, often to resolve a conflict.
  • intervene verb To become involved in a situation in order to change or stop what is happening.
  • oppose verb To disagree with or actively resist something.

Senses

intercēdō is used for these senses in English:

  • intercede (intransitive) To plead on someone else's behalf.
  • intervene (ambitransitive) To come between, or to be between, persons or things.
  • oppose To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.

intervene — full definition

  1. verb To become involved in a situation in order to change or stop what is happening.
  2. verb To occur or fall between two points in time or two events.

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