cede
[seed]
- to yield or formally surrender to another: to cede territory.
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Origin of cede
First recorded in 1625–35, cede is from the Latin word cēdere to go, yield
Synonyms
See more synonyms for cede on Thesaurus.comrelinquish, abandon; grant, transfer, convey.
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Historical Examples
The number semeth more here than there, for where all the Mountaynes are replenished with Ceder tres, it is a small matter.
The pleasant historie of the conquest of the VVeast India, now called new SpayneFrancisco Lpez de Gmara
The iuste man shall floryshe as the palme tre, and shall be multiplyed as the Ceder tre.
A Treatise of Schemes and TropesRichard Sherry
cede
- (when intr, often foll by to) to transfer, make over, or surrender (something, esp territory or legal rights)the lands were ceded by treaty
- (tr) to allow or concede (a point in an argument, etc)
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin cēdere to yield, give way
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Word Origin and History for ceder
cede
v.
1630s, from French céder or directly from Latin cedere "to yield, give place; to give up some right or property," originally "to go from, proceed, leave," from Proto-Italic *kesd-o- "to go away, avoid," from PIE root *ked- "to go, yield" (cf. Sanskrit sedhati "to drive; chase away;" Avestan apa-had- "turn aside, step aside;" Greek hodos "way," hodites "wanderer, wayfarer;" Old Church Slavonic chodu "a walking, going," choditi "to go"). Related: Ceded; ceding. The sense evolution in Latin is via the notion of "to go away, withdraw, give ground."
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