CONCEDED

Verb

conceded

simple past tense and past participle of concede

Source: Wiktionary


CONCEDE

Con*cede", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Conceding.] Etym: [L. concedere, concessum; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: cf. F. concéder. See Cede.]

1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as. to concede the point in question. Boyle.

2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge. We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. Burke.

Syn.

– To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender.

Con*cede", v. i.

Definition: To yield or make concession. I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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OBSERVE

(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”


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