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Meaning of 'cede' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.

Meaning of 'cede' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cede [ v]
Meaning (1):
- relinquish possession or control over
Example in sentence:
  • The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in

Nearby Words:

cedar cedared cedarn ceded cedilla ceding cedrat cedrene cedrine cedriret

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