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.

Source : WordNet®

cede
     v 1: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control
          of another [syn: {concede}, {yield}, {grant}]
     2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
        surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: {surrender},
         {deliver}, {give up}]