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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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[82]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. | |
