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Webster 1913 Edition

Concede

Con-cede′

(kŏn-sēd′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Conceded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Conceding
.]
[L.
concedere
,
concessum
;
con-
+
cedere
to go along, give way, yield: cf. F.
concéder
. See
Cede
.]
1.
To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant;
as, to
concede
the point in question
.
Boyle.
2.
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
3.
To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
Syn. – To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender.

Con-cede′

,
Verb.
I.
To yield or make concession.
I wished you to
concede
to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Concede

CONCEDE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. To yield, give way, depart, desist.]
1.
To yield; to admit as true, just or proper; to grant; to let pass undisputed; as, this must not be conceded without limitation. The advocate concedes the point in question.
2.
To allow; to admit to be true.
We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms.

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