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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cede \Cede\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ceded}; p. pr & vb n. {Ceding}.] [L. cedere to withdraw, yield; akin to cadere to fall, and to E. chance; cf F. c['e]der.] To yield or surrender; to give up to resign; as to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty. The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights. --Jay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cede v 1: give over surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: {concede}, {yield}, {grant}] 2: relinquish possession or control over "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: {surrender}, {deliver}, {give up}]
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