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–verb (used with object), ced·ed, ced·ing.

to yield or formally surrender to another: to cede territory.

[Origin: 1625–35; < L cédere to go, yield

]

—Related forms

ceder, noun

—Synonyms relinquish, abandon; grant, transfer, convey.

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tr.v. ced·ed, ced·ing, cedes

To surrender possession of, especially by treaty. See Synonyms at relinquish.
To yield; grant: The debater refused to cede the point to her opponent.

[French céder, from Old French, from Latin cēdere; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]

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1633, from L. cedere "to yield," originally "to go, leave," from PIE base *ked- "to go, yield" (cf. Skt. a-sad- "to go, approach;" Avestan apa-had- "turn aside, step aside;" Gk. hodos "way," hodites "wanderer, wayfarer;" O.C.S. chodu "a walking, going," choditi "to go").

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verb
1.	give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede]
2.	relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: surrender]

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Main Entry: cede
Pronunciation: 'sEd
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ced·ed; ced·ing
1 : to yield or grant usually by treaty
2 : ASSIGN, TRANSFER
3 : to transfer (all or part of one's liability as an insurer under an insurance policy) by reinsurance to another insurer

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Ab"scess\, n.; pl. Abscesses. [L. abscessus a going away, gathering of humors, abscess, fr. abscessus, p. p. of absedere to go away; ab, abs + cedere to go off, retire. See Cede.] (Med.) A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process.

Cold abscess, an abscess of slow formation, unattended with the pain and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards healing; a chronic abscess.

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Ac*cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Acceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Acceding.] [L. accedere to approach, accede; ad + cedere to move, yield: cf. F. acc['e]dere. See Cede.]

1. To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede. [Obs.] --T. Gale.

2. To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.

Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the year 1461. --T. Warton.

If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power. --Morley.

3. To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request.

The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. --Chesterfield.

Syn: To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur.

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An"ces*tor\, n. [OE. ancestre, auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. ancestre, F. anc[^e]tre, fr. the L. nom. antessor one who goes before; the last form fr. OF. ancessor, fr. L. acc. antecessorem, fr. antecedere to go before; ante before + cedere to go. See Cede, and cf. Antecessor.]

1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.

2. (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.

3. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.

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An`te*cede"\, v. t. & i. [L. antecedere; ante + cedere to go. See Cede.] To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass. --Sir M. Hale.

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Cease\ (s[=e]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ceased; p. pr. & vb. n. Ceasing.] [OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser, fr. L. cessare, v. intemsive fr. cedere to withdraw. See Cede, and cf. Cessation.]

1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased. "To cease from strife." --Prov. xx. 3.

2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.

The poor shall never cease out of the land. --Deut. xv. 11.

Syn: To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.

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Cede\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Ceding.] [L. cedere to withdraw, yield; akin to cadere to fall, and to E. chance; cf. F. c['e]der.] To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.

The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights. --Jay.

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Ces"sion\, n. [L. cessio, fr. cedere to give way: cf. F. Cession. See Cede.]

1. A yielding to physical force. [Obs.] --Bacon.

2. Concession; compliance. [Obs.]

3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding.

A cession of the island of New Orleans. --Bancroft.

4. (Eccl. Law) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.

5. (Civil Law) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.

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Con*cede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Conceding.] [L. concedere, concessum; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: cf. F. conc['e]der. See Cede.]

1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question. --Boyle.

2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.

We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. --Burke.

Syn: To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender.

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De*cease"\, n. [OE. deses, deces, F. d['e]c[`e]s, fr. L. decessus departure, death, fr. decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See Cease, Cede.] Departure, especially departure from this life; death.

His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. --Luke ix. 31.

And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease, Will with my mourning plaints your plaint increase. --Spenser.

Syn: Death; departure; dissolution; demise; release. See Death.

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Ex*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exceeding.] [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. exc['e]der. See Cede.] To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.

Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days. --Shak.

Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. --Pope.

Syn: To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie; overtop.

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In`ter*cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Interceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interceding.] [L. intercedere, intercessum; inter between + cedere to pass: cf. F. interc['e]der. See Cede.]

1. To pass between; to intervene. [Obs.]

He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived. --Sir M. Hale.

2. To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for; as, I will intercede with him for you.

I to the lords will intercede, not doubting Their favorable ear. --Milton.

Syn: To mediate; arbitrate. See Interpose.

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Pre*cede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Preceding.] [L. praecedere, praecessum; prae before + cedere to go, to be in motion: cf. F. pr['e]ceder. See Pre-, and Cede.]

1. To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything. "Harm precedes not sin." --Milton.

2. To go before in place, rank, or importance.

3. To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object. [R.]

It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration. --Kent.

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Pro*ceed"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Proceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Proceeding.] [F. proc['e]der. fr. L. procedere, processum, to go before, to proceed; pro forward + cedere to move. See Cede.]

1. To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

If thou proceed in this thy insolence. --Shak.

2. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.

3. To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun.

I proceeded forth and came from God. --John viii. 42.

It proceeds from policy, not love. --Shak.

4. To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.

He that proceeds upon other principles in his inquiry. --Locke.

5. To be transacted; to take place; to occur. [Obs.]

He will, after his sour fashion, tell you What hath proceeded worthy note to-day. --Shak.

6. To have application or effect; to operate.

This rule only proceeds and takes place when a person can not of common law condemn another by his sentence. --Ayliffe.

7. (Law) To begin and carry on a legal process.

Syn: To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate.

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Re*cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Receded; p. pr. & vb. n. Receding.] [L. recedere, recessum; pref. re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: cf. F. rec['e]der. See Cede.]

1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

Like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the instituted shore. --Dryden.

All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from the center. --Bentley.

2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition.

Syn: To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw; desist.

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Re"tro*cede\, v. i. [L. retrocedere; retro backward, back + cedere to go. See Cede.] To go back.

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Se"cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Seceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Seceding.] [L. secedere, secessum; pref se- aside + cedere to go, move. See Cede.] To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body.

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Suc*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succeeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Succeeding.] [L. succedere, successum; sub under + cedere to go, to go along, approach, follow, succeed: cf. F. succ['e]der. See Cede, and cf. Success.]

1. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.

As he saw him nigh succeed. --Spenser.

2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.

3. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.

Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. --Sir T. Browne.

4. To support; to prosper; to promote. [R.]

Succeed my wish and second my design. --Dryden.

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