concede : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: concede	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for concede
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
concede v admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" Synonym(s): concede, profess, confess be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" Synonym(s): concede, yield, grant give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another Synonym(s): concede, yield, cede, grant acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Concede \Concede"\, 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[82]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 \Concede"\, 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.