Noah Webster
Intercede
INTERCE'DE, verb intransitive [Latin intercedo; inter and cedo; literally, to move or pass between.]
1. To pass between.
He supposes that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age in which he lived.
2. To mediate; to interpose; to make intercession; to act between parties with a view to reconcile those who differ or contend; usually followed by with.
3. To please in favor of one.