cede : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cede	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cede
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cede v give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another Synonym(s): concede, yield, cede, grant relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" Synonym(s): surrender, cede, deliver, give up
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[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.