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cede
[seed] 
–verb (used with object), ced⋅ed, ced⋅ing.
| to yield or formally surrender to another: to cede territory. |
Origin:
1625–35; < L cēdere to go, yield
1625–35; < L cēdere to go, yield
Related forms:
ceder, noun
Synonyms:
relinquish, abandon; grant, transfer, convey.
relinquish, abandon; grant, transfer, convey.
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| cede (sēd) tr.v. ced·ed, ced·ing, cedes
[French céder, from Old French, from Latin cēdere; see ked- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Cede
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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cede
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").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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