3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Concede \Con*cede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conceded}; p. pr &
vb n. {Conceding}.] [L. concedere concessum con- + cedere
to go along give way yield: cf F. conc['e]der. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Concede \Con*cede"\, v. i.
To yield or make concession.
I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she
prayed concession at our feet. --Burke.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
concede
v 1: make a clean breast of "She confessed that she had taken
the money" [syn: {profess}, {confess}]
2: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much..." [syn: {yield},
{grant}]
3: give over surrender or relinquish to the physical control
of another [syn: {yield}, {cede}, {grant}]
4: acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough
votes had come in to show that he would lose"
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