Cede \Cede\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Ceding.]

[L. cedere to withdraw, yield; akin to cadere to fall, and to E. chance; cf. F. c['e]der.]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)