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se·cede

(sĭ-sēd′)

intr.v. se·ced·ed, se·ced·ing, se·cedes

To withdraw formally from membership in a state, union, or other political entity.

[Latin sēcēdere, to withdraw : sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]

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secede

(sɪˈsiːd)

(often foll by: from) (of a person, section, etc) to make a formal withdrawal of membership, as from a political alliance, church, organization, etc

[C18: from Latin sēcēdere to withdraw, from sē- apart + cēdere to go]

seˈceder n

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se•cede

(sɪˈsid)

v.i. -ced•ed, -ced•ing.

to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association.

[1695–1705; < Latin sēcēdere to withdraw. See se-, cede]

se•ced′er, n.

secede

Past participle: seceded
Gerund: seceding

Imperative
secede
secede

Present
I secede
you secede
he/she/it secedes
we secede
you secede
they secede

Preterite
I seceded
you seceded
he/she/it seceded
we seceded
you seceded
they seceded

Present Continuous
I am seceding
you are seceding
he/she/it is seceding
we are seceding
you are seceding
they are seceding

Present Perfect
I have seceded
you have seceded
he/she/it has seceded
we have seceded
you have seceded
they have seceded

Past Continuous
I was seceding
you were seceding
he/she/it was seceding
we were seceding
you were seceding
they were seceding

Past Perfect
I had seceded
you had seceded
he/she/it had seceded
we had seceded
you had seceded
they had seceded

Future
I will secede
you will secede
he/she/it will secede
we will secede
you will secede
they will secede

Future Perfect
I will have seceded
you will have seceded
he/she/it will have seceded
we will have seceded
you will have seceded
they will have seceded

Future Continuous
I will be seceding
you will be seceding
he/she/it will be seceding
we will be seceding
you will be seceding
they will be seceding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been seceding
you have been seceding
he/she/it has been seceding
we have been seceding
you have been seceding
they have been seceding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been seceding
you will have been seceding
he/she/it will have been seceding
we will have been seceding
you will have been seceding
they will have been seceding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been seceding
you had been seceding
he/she/it had been seceding
we had been seceding
you had been seceding
they had been seceding

Conditional
I would secede
you would secede
he/she/it would secede
we would secede
you would secede
they would secede

Past Conditional
I would have seceded
you would have seceded
he/she/it would have seceded
we would have seceded
you would have seceded
they would have seceded

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Verb

secede - withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"

splinter, break away

break up, part, split, split up, separate, break - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"

secede

verb withdraw, leave, resign, separate, retire, quit, pull out, break with, split from, disaffiliate, apostatize On 20 August 1960 Senegal seceded.

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secede

verb

To break away or withdraw from membership in an association or a federation:

splinter (off).

Informal: split.

Translations

secessione staccarsi

secede

[sɪˈsiːd] VI → separarse, escindirse (from de)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

secede

[sɪˈsiːd] vi → faire sécession
to secede from → faire sécession de

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secede

vi → sich abspalten

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

secede

[sɪˈsiːd] vi (frm) to secede (from) → staccarsi (da)

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They and the Chinooks were originally the same; but a dispute arising about two generations previous to the time of the settlement, between the ruling chief and his brother Wahkiacum, the latter seceded, and with his adherents formed the present horde which continues to go by his name.

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He said that if the media were free in 1971, East Pakistan would not have seceded. This statement clearly shows the need for an independent media.

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Sudan's economy has been struggling since the south seceded in 2011, taking with it three quarters of oil output and depriving Khartoum of a crucial source of foreign currency.

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It denies to Bavaria what it granted to the 19 states that seceded from Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.

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Asked what he would do as president if Texas seceded from the United States, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on Saturday said he did not think that would happen.

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The economy has been in turmoil since South Sudan seceded in 2011, taking with it about three-quarters of the country's oil reserves - the main source of government revenues and the dollars needed for food and other vital imports, Reuters reported.