Cede

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  • transitive verb. To surrender possession of, especially by treaty. synonym: relinquish.
  • transitive verb. To yield; grant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To yield; give way; submit.
  • To pass; be transferred; lapse.
  • To yield or formally resign and surrender to another; relinquish and transfer; give up; make over: as, to cede a fortress, province, or country by treaty.
  • To yield; grant. [Rare.]
  • To transfer, deliver, convey, grant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To give up, give way, give away.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. relinquish possession or control over
  • verb. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
  • Word Usage
    "A rift is spreading through the Czech beer industry as a number of smaller breweries cede from the Czech Beer and Malt Association with complaints that aggressive advertising from larger international brewery conglomerates has become detrimental to the international reputation of"
    Form
    ceded  ceding  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    give  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aristide  Bede  Ede  Gilead  Mead  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    ceded  cedes  ceding