Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To surrender possession of, especially by treaty. synonym: relinquish.
- transitive verb To yield; grant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To yield; give way; submit.
- To pass; be transferred; lapse.
- To yield or formally resign and surrender to another; relinquish and transfer; give up; make over: as, to
cede a fortress, province, or country by treaty. - To yield; grant. [Rare.]
- To transfer, deliver, convey, grant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
give up, give way, give away.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb relinquish possession or control over
- verb give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A rift is spreading through the Czech beer industry as a number of smaller breweries cede from the Czech Beer and Malt Association with complaints that aggressive advertising from larger international brewery conglomerates has become detrimental to the international reputation of
The Prague Post 2010
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McGee won the bee after correctly spelling "cede" - meaning to give over, surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another - and "epigamic" - meaning attractive to the opposite sex.
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Romney can't "cede" Massachusetts, because it ceased being his long ago ..
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Romney Camp Bashes Massachusetts In New Ad 2009
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When we "cede" authority to anyone, they are certain to make mistakes and/or consciously or unconsciously use their power to promote special interests.
Do Progressives Believe This?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Romney can't "cede" Massachusetts, because it ceased being his long ago ..
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It is good; but fancy not being able to take a walk, and observe the primroses by the river's brim, without being bound in honour to observe likewise whether the lady by your side was ready to "cede" or not!
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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It says the Ministry of Indigenisation and Empowerment recently said amendments would result in the term "cede" being replaced by "dispose" and allow for community ownership trusts.
IOL: News 2010
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However, there is no indication that the Obama administration would ultimately be willing to "cede" Lebanon to Syria in order to seal a deal.
unknown title 2009
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Doesn’t this comment really kind of cede that it’s all about sex, and not about the personhood of the fetus?
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A week ago, Frank and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, introduced a bill to remove marijuana from the list of federally controlled substances and cede to the states enforcement of laws governing pot.
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