cede

[ seed ]

/ sid /

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verb (used with object), ced·ed, ced·ing.

to yield or formally surrender to another: to cede territory.

Origin of cede

First recorded in 1625–35, cede is from the Latin word cēdere to go, yield

SYNONYMS FOR cede

relinquish, abandon; grant, transfer, convey.

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OTHER WORDS FROM cede

ced·er, noun un·ced·ed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cede

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Words nearby cede

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Example sentences from the Web for ceded

He later apologized for the error, and ceded control of his Twitter handle to his company, Katalyst Media (although not for long).

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Impossible plot machinations have been ceded to Machiavelli and the Italian states.

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A bloody conflict ended in a cease-fire that ceded to the militants the right to institute Sharia law in the Swat area.

Who Is Fazlullah? The Pakistani Mullah Who Targeted Malala |Michael Daly |November 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
For years after that, he claimed to have ceded control of his company, even as it hired his deputy mayors and political allies.

What Conflict of Interest? Michael Bloomberg Eyes the ‘Financial Times.’ |Michael Moynihan, Harry Siegel |December 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

But in the Syrian civil war, it is the regime that has ceded large swaths of land.

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Warsaw, capital of the Duchy of the same name, had been ceded to the Russians in 1815.

Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 |Dorothy Duchesse de Dino
The discovery of gold, before the country was ceded by Mexico, had brought in crowds of settlers, but scarcely any slaves.

Liberty In The Nineteenth Century |Frederic May Holland
The discussion as to what California ceded to the United States.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 |Various
It is a dream—the Danish idea that we shall give up what we have taken or, rather, what has been ceded to us.'

Ten Years Near the German Frontier |Maurice Francis Egan
To take from the natives of this ceded country no occupied or cultivated lands, except by mutual agreement.

Stanley in Africa |James P. Boyd

British Dictionary definitions for ceded

cede

/ (siːd) /

verb

(when intr, often foll by to) to transfer, make over, or surrender (something, esp territory or legal rights) the lands were ceded by treaty

(tr) to allow or concede (a point in an argument, etc)

Derived forms of cede

ceder, noun

Word Origin for cede

C17: from Latin cēdere to yield, give way

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cede

verb (used with object), ced·ed, ced·ing.

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cede

verb (used with object), ced·ed, ced·ing.

Origin of cede

SYNONYMS FOR cede

OTHER WORDS FROM cede

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH cede

Words nearby cede

Words related to ceded

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