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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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
conceding
adj : making for or being a concession [syn: {concessive}, {conceding(a)}]
n : the act of conceding or yielding [syn: {concession}, {yielding}]
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