v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Acceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Acceding. ] [ L. accedere to approach, accede; ad + cedere to move, yield: cf. F. accédere. See Cede. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede. [ Obs. ] T. Gale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the year 1461. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request. [ 1913 Webster ]

The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of acceding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who accedes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. antecedere; ante + cedere to go. See Cede. ] To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or condition of being antecedent; priority. Fothherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. antecedens, -entis, p. pr. of antecedere: cf. F. antécédent. ] 1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Prior; previous; foregoing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. antécédent. ] 1. That which goes before in time; that which precedes. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Homeric mythology, as well as the Homeric language, has surely its antecedents. Max Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who precedes or goes in front. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My antecedent, or my gentleman usher. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the troops . . . prove worthy of their antecedents, the victory is surely ours. Gen. G. McClellan. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Gram.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence “Solomon was the prince who built the temple, ” prince is the antecedent of who. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Logic) (a) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move. (b) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Math.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. céder. ] To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights. Jay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Conceding. ] [ L. concedere, concessum; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: cf. F. concéder. See Cede. ] 1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. Burke.

Syn. -- To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To yield or make concession. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. prenom. acknowledged. Opposite of unacknowledged.
Syn. -- admitted(prenominal), avowed(prenominal), confessed(prenominal), self-confessed(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. i. [ L. decedere. See Decease, n. ] To withdraw. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A deceased person. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. decedens, p. pr. of decedere. ] Removing; departing. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. discedere; dis- + cedere to yield. ] To yield or give up; to depart. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I dare not discede from my copy a tittle. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. epicedion, Gr. &unr_; dirge, elegy, fr. &unr_; funereal; &unr_; + &unr_; care, sorrow: cf. F. épicède. ] A funeral song or discourse; an elegy. [ R. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE., fr. pref. erce- = archi- + deken a deacon. ] An archdeacon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. excedens, -entis, p. pr. of excedere. See Exceed, v. t. ] Excess. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Interceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interceding. ] [ L. intercedere, intercessum; inter between + cedere to pass: cf. F. intercéder. See Cede. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To pass between; to intervene. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for or on behalf of; as, I will intercede with him for you. [ 1913 Webster ]

I to the lords will intercede, not doubting
Their favorable ear. Milton.

Syn. -- To mediate; arbitrate. See Interpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate. [ Obs. ] Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of interceding; intercession; intervention. [ R. ] Bp. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. intercedens, p. pr. of intercedere. ] Passing between; mediating; pleading. [ R. ] -- In`ter*ced"ent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Preceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Preceding. ] [ L. praecedere, praecessum; prae before + cedere to go, to be in motion: cf. F. préceder. See Pre-, and Cede. ] 1. To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything. “Harm precedes not sin.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To go before in place, rank, or importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. précédence. See Precede. ] 1. The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which of them [ the different desires ] has the precedency in determining the will to the next action? Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Antecedence; priority; preëminence; preference; superiority. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praecedens, -entis, p. pr. of praecedere: cf. F. précédent. See Precede. ] Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services. Shak. “A precedent injury.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Condition precedent (Law), a condition which precede the vesting of an estate, or the accruing of a right. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example. [ 1913 Webster ]

Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Example; antecedent. -- Precedent, Example. An example in a similar case which may serve as a rule or guide, but has no authority out of itself. A precedent is something which comes down to us from the past with the sanction of usage and of common consent. We quote examples in literature, and precedents in law. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions. [ 1913 Webster ]

All their actions in that time are not precedential to warrant posterity. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Beforehand; antecedently. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Abl. of the gerundive of L. procedere. see Proceed. ] (Law) (a) A writ by which a cause which has been removed on insufficient grounds from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari, or otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be proceeded in there. (b) In English practice, a writ issuing out of chancery in cases where the judges of subordinate courts delay giving judgment, commanding them to proceed to judgment. (c) A writ by which the commission of the justice of the peace is revived, after having been suspended. Tomlins. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Receded; p. pr. & vb. n. Receding. ] [ L. recedere, recessum; pref. re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: cf. F. recéder. See Cede. ] 1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like the hollow roar
Of tides receding from the insulted shore. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from the center. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw; desist. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + cede. Cf. Recede, v. i. ] To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. retro- + cede: cf. F. rétrocéder. ] To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. retrocedere; retro backward, back + cedere to go. See Cede. ] To go back. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. retrocedens, p. pr. ] Disposed or likely to retrocede; -- said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Seceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Seceding. ] [ L. secedere, secessum; pref se- aside + cedere to go, move. See Cede. ] To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who secedes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a numerous body of Presbyterians in Scotland who seceded from the communion of the Established Church, about the year 1733, and formed the Secession Church, so called. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled. -- Un*prec"e*dent*ed*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]