Antonyms for cede

Grammar : Verb

Spell : seed

Phonetic Transcription : sid

Definition of cede

Origin : 1630s, from French céder or directly from Latin cedere "to yield, give place; to give up some right or property," originally "to go from, proceed, leave," from Proto-Italic *kesd-o- "to go away, avoid," from PIE root *ked- "to go, yield" (cf. Sanskrit sedhati "to drive; chase away;" Avestan apa-had- "turn aside, step aside;" Greek hodos "way," hodites "wanderer, wayfarer;" Old Church Slavonic chodu "a walking, going," choditi "to go"). Related: Ceded; ceding. The sense evolution in Latin is via the notion of "to go away, withdraw, give ground."

verb abandon, surrender

Example sentences :

That is one reason why you should not think me generous, though it is not the reason why I cede them.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

There, if you cede so much to the authority of my years, the matter may be allowed to rest.
Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray

We will cede the point, for it amounts to an admission that he knows nothing.
Extract from : « The Jest Book » by Mark Lemon

Indeed I can hardly say I cede it, for I do not yet possess it.
Extract from : « Daniel Boone » by John S. C. Abbott

She was ready to cede him this point if he set any store by it.
Extract from : « Phyllis of Philistia » by Frank Frankfort Moore

I can scarcely say that I cede it to them, for it is not yet in our possession.
Extract from : « The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 » by Various

At last he came, and in company with her husband, who was ready to cede his place to him.
Extract from : « Joshua, Complete » by Georg Ebers

France promised in that case to cede to him the Island of Minorca.
Extract from : « A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times » by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

But what were the terms upon which they proposed to cede it?
Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton

In 1604 he agreed to accept that name, but was in 1606 ready to cede it to Duke John.
Extract from : « Sweden » by Victor Nilsson

Synonyms for cede

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