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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CEDING, ppr. Yielding; giving up.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of ceding [syn: cession, ceding]

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.