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Webster 1913 Edition
cede
cede
(sēd)
, Verb.
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. céder
.] To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign;
as, to
. cede
a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treatyThe people must cede to the government some of their natural rights.
Jay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cede
CEDE
, v.t.1.
To yield; to surrender; to give up; to resign; as to cede a fortress, a province or country, by treaty. This word is appropriately used to denote the relinquishment of a conquered city, fortress, or territory, to the former sovereign or proprietor.2.
To relinquish and grant; as, to cede all claims to a disputed right or territory.The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights.