This week's theme: words that are homophones of everyday words. cede (seed) verb tr.
To yield or to surrender something, such as a territory. [From Latin cedere (to go or to yield). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ked- (to go or yield) that's also the ancestor of exceed, secede, proceed, cease, and necessary.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=cede -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "North Korea signed an agreement in the 1960s to cede territorial rights of about half of the mountain to China." China Protests Against S. Korean Athletes' Action at Awards Ceremony; Yohnap News (Seoul, South Korea); Feb 1, 2007. Sponsored by: Perfect your fluency in French, German, Spanish or Italian with Champs-Elysees audio magazines. http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith4 Ever wonder why we aren't just euphoric, we are on cloud nine? Derivation, a fun game about word and phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com ............................................................................ All kids are gifted; some just open their packages earlier than others. -Michael Carr Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/cede.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/cede.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/cede.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
