discede

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/dɪˈsiːd/

verb

To yield, give up, depart or dissolve.

OriginLatin discedere →
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Meanings

verbdiscede (third-person singular simple present discedes, present participle disceding, simple past and past participle disceded)

present singular third person discedes · participle present disceding · participle past disceded · past disceded

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo yield, give up, depart or dissolve.

    I dare not discede from my copy a tittle.

    1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Origin

  1. Latindiscedere
  2. Englishdiscede

From Latin discedere, from dis- + cedere (“to yield”).

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APA

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Chicago

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