intercedent

Probably by way of French intercedent (adjective), which seems to be more commonly attested than this English adjective. Ultimately from Latin intercedens, present participle of intercedere, and possibly borrowed twice by English, with the later borrowing being a learned borrowing.

intercedent (not comparable)

1. Interceding: Passing between; mediating

   Near-synonyms: intercessionary, intercessory

   the intercedent region of the brain

• intercedently

• “intercedent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

intercēdent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of intercēdō