To goe betweene, or to bee betweene, and is referred to time or place; to make intercessiõ: to let: to prohibite. Quum multa annorÛ intercesserint millia. Ci. When many thousand yeares haue passed betweene. Dies nondum decem intercesserant, quum ille, &c. C. There were not ten daies past, but he, &c. Intercessere pauci dies, per quos ingens vis hominum, &c. Liu. Within a few daies after, a great company of mÊt &c. Vna nox intercesserat, quum iste sic Dorotheum diligebat, &c, Ci. The next day after, or within one nights space after he so loued Dorothe, &c. Nox nulla intercessit, interfectus est, &c. Ci. The very same day he was ssaine. Tamen spatium intercedere posset, dum milites conuenirÊt Cæsar. There might bee a tyme for the souldiers to gather togither. Si nulla ægritudo huic gaudio intercesserit. Ter. If no sorrow shat come to this ioy or gladnes. Quòd sæpe in bello paruis momentis magni casus intercederent. Cæs. Because oftentimes in warre by sinal occasions great chaunces doe happen. Sin autem in Reip. partibus dissensio intercesserit, &c. Ci. If there happen any dissention in. Tacebie dum intercedit familiaritas. Ter. He wil holde his peace so long as there shal be familiaritie betwene vs. Intercedit illi recum amicitia Cæs, You & he be friendes: there is friendship betweene you. Veteres mihi necessitudines cum his omnibus intercedunt. Cic. There is great amitle of long time betwene all them and me. Quæ oratio tibi cum illo intercesserat? Ci. What hadst thou to doe with him. Cui inimicitiæ cum P. Scipione intercedebant. Liu. Which was enimie to, or fallen out with P. Scipio. Cum genere humano quasi ciuile ius intercedit. Cicero. All mankinde be as it were citizens of one common weale subiett to certaine lawrs of nature general to them al, Quadringérorum remigum obsequio contra se id intercedit. Pli. That thing letted that 400, water men which obeied him could not prenaile. Plin. lib. 32. cap. 1. Intercedere pro alio. Cic. To be furetie for one, and vndertake to answeare that which he oweth. Nullum meum minimum dictom pro Cæsare intercess: t quod ille non illustri gratia exceperit. Cicero. I spake no word for Cæsar, were it neuer so little, but he, &c. Tribuni intercesserunt. Liu. The Tribunes did let, withstande, or prohibit it. Verirus est ne Fusius ei legi intercederet. Ci. He feared least Fufius would withstand that law, and giue his voice negatiue vnto it. Intercessum est authoritari, Cic. The authoritie was withstanden. Huic interceditur frequenter. Cic. Ne sibi (inquir) intercedamus, quo minus suapte potestate vti. liceat. Gel. Let vs not withstand him but that he may vse, &c.

I. Lit.

A. In gen.: si quis intercedat tertius, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56: intercedente lunā, Plin. 2, 11, 8, 49: palus intercedebat, Caes. B. G. 7, 26: sylvae paludesque intercedebant, id. ib. 5, 52: inter singulas legiones impedimentorum magnum numerum intercedere, id. ib. 2, 17, 2.—

B. In partic.

1. To occur, happen, come to pass: saepe in bello parvis momentis magni casus intercedunt, Caes. B. C. 1, 21: inter bellorum curas res parva intercessit, Liv. 34, 1: nullum dictum intercessit, Cic. Fam. 1, 9.—

II. Trop.

A. Of time, to intervene, pass: vix annus intercesserat, cum, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 21: intercessere pauci dies, Liv. 2, 64: nox nulla intercessit, Cic. Cat. 1, 2: una nox intercesserat, id. Verr. 2, 2, 36; id. Clu. 20.—

B. To be, exist, or come between persons.

1. In order or rank: etsi nemo intercedebat, etc., Cic. Brut. 47, 173.—

2. In feelings or conduct: ira inter eas intercessit, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 25: tacebit dum intercedat familiaritas, as long as our friendship lasts, id. Phorm. 4, 1, 17: inter nosmetipsos vetus usus intercedit, Cic. Fam. 13, 23, 1: ut ei cum genere humano quasi civile jus intercederet, id. Fin. 3, 20: nisi intercederent mihi inimicitiae cum istius mulieris viro, id. Cael. 13: inter nos officia paria intercedunt, id. Fam. 13, 65, 1; Nep. Att. 20: huic cum reliquis ... bella intercesserant, Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—

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.

(a). 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.—

(b). To obstruct, hinder, interrupt: si nulla aegritudo huic gaudio intercesserit, Ter. And. 5, 5, 5: intercessit et, quominus in acta sua juraretur, ut ne mensis September Tiberius vocaretur, Suet. Tib. 26: de cognomine intercessit Augustus, id. ib. 17: non quia intercedendum putem imaginibus, Tac. Agr. 46: consilio, id. H. 1, 19: parens noster privatas gratiarum actiones cohibet, intercessurus etiam publicis, Plin. Pan. 4: intercedere casibus, occursare fortunae, id. ib. 25 fin.: iniquitatibus magistratuum, id. ib. 80, 4; Plin. 32, 1, 1, 4.