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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : si-seed |
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈsid |
Definition of secede
Origin :- 1702, "to leave one's companions," from Latin secedere "go away, withdraw, separate; rebel, revolt" (see secession). Sense of "to withdraw from a political or religious alliance of union" is recorded from 1755, originally especially in reference to the Church of Scotland. Related: Seceded; seceding; seceder.
- verb pull away; split from
- To secede from the Union was evidently to secede from the God of virtue and charity.
- Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
- What are the consequences of this right of a State to secede from the Union?
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 » by Various
- And may Carolina secede and establish an independent government?
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 » by Various
- He saw that if the Southern States must secede, the quicker they did so the better.
- Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
- It is only when secession is absolutely unavoidable that it is right to secede.
- Extract from : « First and Last Things » by H. G. Wells
- We have come to two conclusions; to secede is a grave sin, but to lie is also a grave sin.
- Extract from : « First and Last Things » by H. G. Wells
- They failed to maintain their ground by force of arms—in other words, they failed to secede.
- Extract from : « American Eloquence, Volume IV. (of 4) » by Various
- "The right of a State to secede is not an open or debatable question," he said.
- Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln » by William Eleroy Curtis
- And if their case be otherwise, their secession, if secede they did, has still no weight.
- Extract from : « The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism » by A. Leah Underhill
- Heavy penalties are incurred by all who secede to the Romish church.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 374, December, 1846 » by Various
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