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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Concede

Con-cēde', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CONCEDED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONCEDING.] [Lat. concedere, from con and cedere, to go along, to give way, yield, desist; Fr. concéder, Sp. conceder, It. concedere. See CEDE.]

  1. To yield or suffer to pass; to grant; as, the advocate concedes the point in question. Boyle.
  2. To admit to be true; to allow.

We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. Burke. Syn.—To grant; allow; admit; yield; give up; surrender.

Con-cēde', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To yield or make concession.

I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet. Burke.