Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Cédere, v. n.
1. to yield, bend, confess inferiority;2. to yield to the will of another;3. to leave, give up, resign. — il passo, to give place to any one. Non la — ad uno, to resist.
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cedere: to yeeld, to giue place, to grant vnto, to resigne, to surrender, to afford.