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inter-cēdo , cessi, cessum, 3, v. n.,
I.to go or come between, to intervene, to be between (syn. intervenio).
I. Lit.
B. In partic.
II. Trop.
B. To be, exist, or come between persons.
1. In order or rank: “etsi nemo intercedebat, etc.,Cic. Brut. 47, 173.—
C. To interpose one's credit, become surety for a person: “promisit, intercessit, dedit,Cic. Att. 1, 16: “pro aliquo,id. Phil. 2, 18, 45: “pro aliquo magnam pecuniam,to procure for a person by becoming surety for him, id. Att. 6, 1, 5: “in omni genere negotiorum et obligationum ... intercedere mulieres prohibentur,Paul. Sent. 2, 11, 1. —
D. To oppose, withstand, protest against; of the tribunes of the people, who interposed their veto against a decree of the senate: “cum intercedere vellent rogationi,Cic. Or. 2, 47: “nisi mihi levissimus tribunus plebis intercessisset,id. Leg. 3, 8: “ea lege, qua intercedi de provinciis non licebit,id. Prov. Cons. 8: “ea quae de reductione regis scripta est auctoritas, cui scis intercessum esse,id. Fam. 1, 7: “praetori,Liv. 38, 60: “tribuni plebis intercedentes pro se (Caesare),Suet. Caes. 30; cf. At. Cap. ap. Gell. 4, 14, 6. This right of protest was also possessed by other magistrates; v. Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7; Ascon. ap. Pis. 26; Liv. 5, 9.—So fig.: “si status condictus cum hoste intercedit dies, tamen est eundum,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 7.—
2. In gen., to interpose, interfere.
(α). For or in behalf of a person, to intercede, interpose: “cum enim vestra auctoritas intercessisset, ut ego regem tuerer,Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 4; Suet. Dom. 11.—
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