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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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