Definition of cede

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Cede (v. t.) To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty..

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Preceded :: Preceded (imp. & p. p.) of Preced.
Vouchsafe :: Vouchsafe (v. t.) To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.
Preference :: Preference (n.) The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference..
Outrank :: Outrank (v. t.) To exceed in rank; hence, to take precedence of..
Allow :: Allow (v. t.) To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition..
Against :: Against (prep.) Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over..
Intervenient :: Intervenient (a.) Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed.
Interpel :: Interpel (v. t.) To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with..
Relative :: Relative (a.) Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence Solomon was the prince who built the temple, prince is the antecedent of who..
Retrocedent :: Retrocedent (a.) Disposed or likely to retrocede; -- said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout..
Consequent :: Consequent (n.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause..
Retrocede :: Retrocede (v. t.) To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor..
Receded :: Receded (imp. & p. p.) of Reced.
Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of..
Knowledge :: Knowledge (v. i.) Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge..
Precedented :: Precedented (a.) Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.
Secede :: Secede (v. i.) To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body..
Homologous :: Homologous (a.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion..
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