cede v. t. [imp. & p. p. ceded; p. pr. & vb. n. ceding.]  To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.
     The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights.   --Jay.
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  cede
       v 1: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control
            of another [syn: concede, yield, grant]
       2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
          surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: surrender,
           deliver, give up]