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ced / cess / ceed

to go, to yield

Latin · cedere / cessus

Latin cedere means to go or give way. Precede goes before, proceed goes forward, recede goes back, succeed goes up after, and access is a way to go in.

Memory trick

Ced: a car goes ahead; cede means go, give way.

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