concede Copy link Outline I. To yield up1. cēdo, cessi, cessum, 32. concēdo, 3 (like the former, to depart from the ground of strict right)3. permitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (to allow, suffer4. trĭbuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (only when foll. by a dat. commodiII. To admit an argument • concede: I. To yield up: 1. cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3: I c. something to friendship, aliquid cedo amicitiae, Cic.: if he c.s that they say most things in a rude way, si pleraque dure dicere cedit eos, Hor. 2. concēdo, 3 (like the former, to depart from the ground of strict right): give this and c. it to my modesty, date hoc et c. pudori meo, Cic. 3. permitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (to allow, suffer: to concede to a person the liberty of acting in a certain way): I c. something to your passionate anger, permitto aliquid iracundiae tuae, Cic. 4. trĭbuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (only when foll. by a dat. commodi: it implies a just claim on the part of that to which concession is made): to c. anything out of consideration for the commonwealth and for friendship, aliquid reip. et amicitiae tribuere, Caes.: I c. as much to you as I claim for myself, perhaps, ego tantum tibi t. quantum mihi fortasse arrogo, Cic.: nowhere is so much c.d to age, nusquam tantum tribuitur aetati. Cic. II. To admit an argument: concēdo, do: v. to grant (II.).