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cede

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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; < Latin cēdere to go, yield

ced·er, noun
un·ced·ed, adjective

cede, concede, secede, seed.


relinquish, abandon; grant, transfer, convey.

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cede (siːd)
 
vb (when intr, often foll by to)
1.  to transfer, make over, or surrender (something, esp territory or legal rights): the lands were ceded by treaty
2.  (tr) to allow or concede (a point in an argument, etc)
 
[C17: from Latin cēdere to yield, give way]
 
'ceder
 
n

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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").
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