cede

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognate with Tocharian B kätk- (“to cross, pass”).

verb

  1. (transitive) To give up; yield to another.
    Edward decided to cede the province.
    In the late nineteenth century, the Chinese ceded Taiwan to the Japanese. 2005, Jesse Helms, “Foreign Relations Experiences”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 227
  2. (intransitive) To give way.

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