Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-CEDE', v.t. [L. concedo; con and cedo, to yield, give way, depart, desist; It. concedere, cedere; Sp. conceder, ceder; Fr. conceder, ceder; Ir. ceadaighim; W. gadael, and gadaw, to quit or leave, to permit. The preterite cessi indicates that this word may be from a root in Class Gs. See that Class No. 67, Samaritan. See also Class Gd, and Cede and Conge.]

1. To yield; to admit as true, just or proper; to grant; to let pass undisputed; as, the advocate concedes the point in question; this must not be conceded without limitation. – Boyle.
2. To allow; to admit to be true. We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. – Burke.