Associations to the word «Cede»

Wiktionary

CEDE, verb. (transitive) To give up, give way, give away.

Dictionary definition

CEDE, verb. Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another.
CEDE, verb. Relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne