Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.