Verb
To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in Source: Internet
Amendment to Bill 40 means service centres can ask municipalities to cede property for free for the “purposes of construction or expansion of a school or education centre.” Source: Internet
Although Laurier had clearly won the election on June 24, Tupper initially refused to cede power, insisting that Laurier would be unable to form a government despite the Liberal Party's having won 55% of the seats in the House of Commons. Source: Internet
All of the members of the Confederacy, except the Oneida, allied with the British during the Revolutionary War, and were forced to cede their land after the war. Source: Internet
As early as 1866, the Osages were forced to cede tracts at the eastern and northern edges of the reservation. Source: Internet
After the conquest of Finland by Russian armies in 1808 Sweden had to cede Finland to Russia in 1809 (the Treaty of Fredrikshamn ). Source: Internet