cede
verb/siːd/
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”).
1
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, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 227:
2
Same as above.
- After figuring out the seating arrangement and ceding him the window seat, I took my own seat by the aisle.
3
To give way.
- Derived terms
- cede the field, retrocede, unceded