CEDE

surrender, cede, deliver, give up

(verb) relinquish possession or control over; “The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in”

concede, yield, cede, grant

(verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

cede (third-person singular simple present cedes, present participle ceding, simple past and past participle ceded)

(transitive) To give up; yield to another.

(intransitive) To give way.

Anagrams

• dece

Source: Wiktionary


Cede, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Ceding.] Etym: [L. cedere to withdraw, yield; akin to cadere to fall, and to E. chance; cf. F. céder.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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