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cede

verb
/siːd/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognate with Tocharian B kätk- (“to cross, pass”).

  1. derived from *ḱyesdʰ-✻ — “to drive away; to go away”
  2. derived from cēdō — “to yield”
  3. derived from ceder
  4. borrowed from ceder

Definitions

  1. To give up

    To give up; yield to another.

    • Edward decided to cede the province.
    • In the late nineteenth century, the Chinese ceded Taiwan to the Japanese.

  2. To give way.

The neighborhood

Derived

cede the field, retrocede, unceded

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA