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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Pullback :: Pullback (n.) That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance..
Antiburgher :: Antiburgher (n.) One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath..
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..
Acceded :: Acceded (imp. & p. p.) of Acced.
Mobocracy :: Mobocracy (n.) A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights..
Horror :: Horror (n.) A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor..
Fratricelli :: Fratricelli (n. pl.) A sect which seceded from the Franciscan Order, chiefly in Italy and Sicily, in 1294, repudiating the pope as an apostate, maintaining the duty of celibacy and poverty, and discountenancing oaths. Called also Fratricellians and Fraticelli..
Prevent :: Prevent (v. t.) To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) One who precedes or goes in front.
Antecedence :: Antecedence (n.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
Centrifugal :: Centrifugal (a.) Tending, or causing, to recede from the center..
Globe :: Globe (n.) The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article.
Unheard-of :: Unheard-of (a.) New; unprecedented; unparalleled.
Lead :: Lead (v. i.) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of lead, v. t..
Homologous :: Homologous (a.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion..
Accord :: Accord (v. t.) Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord..
After :: After (prep.) Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause..
Decede :: Decede (n.) To withdraw.
Pre- :: Pre- () A prefix denoting priority (of time, place, or rank); as, precede, to go before; precursor, a forerunner; prefix, to fix or place before; preeminent eminent before or above others. Pre- is sometimes used intensively, as in prepotent, very potent..
Outrank :: Outrank (v. t.) To exceed in rank; hence, to take precedence of..
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