Definition of cede

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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..

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Retrocedent :: Retrocedent (a.) Disposed or likely to retrocede; -- said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout..
Cyst :: Cyst (n.) A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.
Against :: Against (prep.) Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over..
Departure :: Departure (n.) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another..
Precede :: Precede (v. t.) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object.
Sirrah :: Sirrah (n.) A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural..
Globe :: Globe (n.) The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article.
Epicede :: Epicede (n.) A funeral song or discourse; an elegy.
Postman :: Postman (n.) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; -- so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause..
Priority :: Priority (a.) The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application..
Previously :: Previously (adv.) Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed..
Seceded :: Seceded (imp. & p. p.) of Seced.
Molar :: Molar (n.) Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The molar which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are designated as premolars, and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are sometimes called true molars. See Tooth..
Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of..
Tension :: Tension (a.) Expansive force; the force with which the particles of a body, as a gas, tend to recede from each other and occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity; as, the tension of vapor; the tension of air..
Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign..
Forego :: Forego (v. i.) To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.
Preambulation :: Preambulation (n.) A walking or going before; precedence.
Example :: Example (v. t.) To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.
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