concede - to concede [admit]
Marianne Uehlin... - Mon, 05/13/2019 - 14:28
English Description:
Etymonline:
1630s, "to make a concession of, yield up" ...,"figuratively "agree, consent, give precedence," ... "to go, grant, give way"
From 1640s as "to admit as true." Intransitive sense "accept a disputed point, yield" is from 1780; especially "admit defeat" in an election (1824). Related: Conceded; conceding.
German Translation:
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