† deˈcede, v. Obs.
[ad. L. dēcēd-ĕre to go away, depart, remove, f. de- I. 2 + cēdĕre to go. (French has had décéder in sense ‘to die’ since 15th c.).]
intr. To depart; to secede; to give place, yield.
| 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. v. iii. §25 To justifie the English Reformation, from the scandal of Schisme, to shew, that they had 1. Just cause for which, 2. True authority by which they deceded from Rome. 1658 J. Webb tr. Cleopatra viii. ii. 63 That violent passion..deceding to the pitty she conceived. 1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 262 With their Quantity and Figure acceding and deceding to the Individuum. |