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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CEDE, v.t.
1. To yield; to surrender; to give up; to resign; as to cede a fortress, a province or country, by treaty. This word is appropriately used to denote the relinquishment of a conquered city, fortress, or territory, to the former sovereign or proprietor.
2. To relinquish and grant; as, to cede all claims to a disputed right or territory.
The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]
2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: surrender, cede, deliver, give up]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (ceded; ceding) Etymology: French or Latin; French céder, from Latin cedere to go, withdraw, yield Date: 1749 1. to yield or grant typically by treaty 2. assign, transfer • ceder noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. give up one's rights to or possession of. Etymology: F céder or L cedere yield

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cedes, ceding, ceded) If someone in a position of authority cedes land or power to someone else, they let them have the land or power, often as a result of military or political pressure. (FORMAL) Only a short campaign took place in Puerto Rico, but after the war Spain ceded the island to America... The General had promised to cede power by January. VERB: V n to n, V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Surrender, relinquish, yield, abandon, resign, deliver up, give up. 2. Grant, convey.

Moby Thesaurus

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