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Concede
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as. to concede the point in question. Boyle.
2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge. We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. Burke.
Synonyms: grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To yield or make concession. I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet. Burke.