Verb (used with object), : to cede territory.    From Dictionary.com. 

I think it might take a couple states ceding from the union to get it started.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Supreme Court Decision on Gitmo Undermines Bush’s Legal Case For Warrantless Wiretapping] Reference

Mr. Gladstone, while he was for the moment bitten by the notion of ceding the southern islands to.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859] Reference

Government to ascertain whether it would entertain the idea of ceding the Island of New Orleans and the Floridas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Union and Democracy] Reference

And all felt indignant at the idea of ceding even one tittle of the constitution to the demand of monarchical Europe.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution] Reference

For his part, Haase is openly entertaining the idea of ceding his nomination to her in order to draw attention to his candidacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. News] Reference

He has spent much of his political career railing against the idea of ceding "Judea and Samaria" the occupied West Bank to the Palestinians.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leon T. Hadar: The Last Summit?] Reference

He has spent much of his political career railing against the idea of ceding "Judea and Samaria" (the occupied West Bank) to the Palestinians.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leon T. Hadar: The Last Summit?] Reference

Less favorably, he might be forced to make concessions such as ceding control of larger sections of Basra to al-Sadr’s forces.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pulling Triggers in Iraq] Reference

Actually, all Democrats are slowly ceding this ground!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Demeans His Own Supporters] Reference

Once again I find that parenting is about ceding control.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brian Gresko: Nurture vs. Nature: Which Determines Our Personality More?] Reference

But because of it, BMW needn't worry about ceding its crown.    From Wordnik.com.  [ROAD TEST: LEXUS IS 350] Reference

Convention agreed to, ceding all territory to Transvaal, with the.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference

More important, such a step means ceding central political control.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pickles's localism is not what it seems] Reference

Henry a careful stipulation was made in the act ceding the property in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference

But most settlers believe ceding the Heights would be a huge tactical mistake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving Up The Golan Heights In The Name Of Peace] Reference

If a head coach isn't secure in ceding such authority, then he cannot succeed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is It Easy Being Green?] Reference

Others made me feel, as a woman, I was ceding my place in the newsroom to Wilson.    From Wordnik.com.  [I'm Not Sick, I'm Just In Love] Reference

Refusing to hand over technology would mean ceding a major source of growth and profit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rep. Dingell Disputes China's Electric-Car Policy] Reference

This includes ceding supervision to local communities, advisors and even volunteer groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inder Sidhu: Profiles in Doing Both: Can David Cameron Cut Deficits and Stimulate Growth?] Reference

Chrysler, after all, is gaining market share -- not ceding it to the Japanese like GM and Ford.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exit Interview: A Showman's Parting Shot] Reference

Another good example: he's also slowly ceding groundto the Republicans on matters of LGBT rights.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Demeans His Own Supporters] Reference

Levin, who was to be CEO, was worried about ceding too much power to Case, the chairman-designate.    From Wordnik.com.  [How It All Fell Apart] Reference

The next day, Mr. Coughlin told reporters he was ceding some of that responsibility to his players.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Grant, It's About Respect] Reference

August 29,1842The first opium war ends in the Treaty of Nanking, ceding Hong Kong Island to Britain.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Empire To Empire, And Back Again] Reference

And how can they ensure that they give women autonomy without ceding too much of their own authority?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Have It Your Way: Redesigning Birth] Reference

People are more comfortable ceding control of applications and using them on a Software-as-a-Service basis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Overcoming Fear Of The Cloud] Reference

In practice, that meant ceding his precious Air Force resources -- spy drones, for instance -- to Shin Bet control.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Than A 'Bump'] Reference

We do not help democracy take root in Afghanistan by ceding large parts of the country to warlords and drug dealers.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Vision, And Little Else] Reference

For one thing, the company's mammoth competitors are hardly ceding the field and several are backing rival technologies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Cable Guy] Reference

And the party shows no sign of ceding its control -- almost all judges are party members and required to obey its orders.    From Wordnik.com.  [China Above The Law] Reference

Even if a common policy makes practical sense, ceding authority to Brussels could look dangerously like weakness to voters.    From Wordnik.com.  [View From Europe's 'Tijuana'] Reference

A year later the Ohio Company was formed, with a charter ceding an immense tract of land for sale and development, including.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Short History of Pittsburgh] Reference

After Israel captured Gaza in 1967, Sharon devised a settlement plan that was supposed to make ceding the coastal strip unthinkable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goodbye Gaza] Reference

But this strategy had also ensured the slow decline of Congress as a national force, ceding ground to parties based on identity politics.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quiet Revolutionary] Reference

In 1820 a considerable part of them, ceding their lands in Georgia, were located on a reservation in the Red River valley west of Arkansas.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference