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cede (verb), cedes; ceded; ceding
1. To relinquish possession or control over someone or something.
2. To give over; to surrender or to relinquish to the physical control of another person.
3. To surrender or to give up something; such as, land, rights, or power, to another country, group, or person.
4. Etymology: from Latin cedere, "to yield"; originally, "to go, to leave".
This entry is located in the following unit: -cede, -ceed, -cess, -cease (page 2)
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cede (SEED) (verb)
To yield or to transfer, typically through a written document or treaty: The lawyer stated that by signing the papers on his desk, Susan would cede her property to her cousin.
seed (SEED) (noun)
1. A small grain produced by a plant from which a new plant can grow: The farmer bought a bag of grass seed to use in the front lawn.
2. The beginning of something which continues to develop or grow: Amelia's comment planted a seed of doubt in his mind.
seed (SEED) (verb)
To put the grains of a plant into the soil for growing: Opal planned to seed the garden just as soon as she finished lunch.

Lola wants to cede her community garden plot to her friend who will seed it with several different kinds of plants.

(Latin: to be in motion; to go, to go away, to yield, to give up, to withdraw)
(-cede, -ceed, and -sede)
Word Entries containing the term: “cede
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-ceed (SEED) (verb)
A suffix from Latin cedere, "to go": There are only three words that end with the suffix -ceed: exceed, proceed, and succeed.
-sede (SEED) (verb)
A suffix from Latin sedere "to sit": Just one word ends with -sede: supersede (never "supercede" nor "superceed").
-cede (SEED) (verb)
A suffix from Latin cedere, "to go": All of the following words end with -cede: accede, antecede, cede, concede, intercede, precede, recede, and secede.

Paul wasn't sure that he would succeed in writing a sentence for these three suffixes; however, he did concede that this presentation would supersede his original plan to ignore it.