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 →

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 →
• Her mother interceded, and the king forgave him. tree →
• The gods interceded for the brave hero. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «intercede» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.