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# intercede

«intercede» in Mova's school dictionary: **To speak up for someone, asking a person in power to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (intercedes, interceded, interceding)

### meaning for a pupil

To speak up for someone, asking a person in power to forgive them or to help them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intercede/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a flower, a goddess or a friend pleads on behalf of a hero who is in danger

### examples

- The villagers asked the queen to intercede for the boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intercede/#x1)
- Her mother interceded, and the king forgave him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intercede/#x2)
- The gods interceded for the brave hero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intercede/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intercede» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intercede/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.