Word Finder - conceded

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To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant

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He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.

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To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

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To admit to be true; to acknowledge.

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To yield or make concession.

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To have a goal or point scored against

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(of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.

It is generally conceded that the potato originated in southern Chile, as it is found growing wild in Chiloe and neighbouring islands and on the adjacent mainland.

As elsewhere, at first none but the civic aristocracy were admitted to take part in the management of the town's affairs; but from the end of the 13th century a share had to be conceded to representatives of the crafts.

According to the varying extent of the liberties conceded them, there may be distinguished towns governed by an elective body and more or less fully authorized to exercise jurisdiction; towns possessing some sort of municipal organization, but no rights of jurisdiction, except that of simple police; and, thirdly, those governed entirely by seignorial officers.

The Oldembourg Company (1754) received a monopoly of trade with the Portuguese colonies in the East; extensive monopolist rights were also conceded to the Path and Maranhao Company (1755) and the Pernambuco and Parahyba Company (1759).

Portugal observed neutrality on the outbreak of the AngloBoer War, but the permission it conceded to the British consul at Lourenco Marques to search for contraband of war among goods imported there, and the free passage accorded to an armed force under General Carrington from Beira through Portuguese territory to Rhodesia, were vehemently attacked in the Press and at public meetings.

His language in approval of the resistance of the colonists was unusually bold, and perhaps no one but himself could have employed it with impunity at a time when the freedom of debate was only imperfectly conceded.

In order to mollify the Vatican he conceded the exequatur to forty-five bishops inimical to the Italian regime.

It is conceded on all hands that Livy in this decade makes con For Livy's debt to Valerius Antias, see A A Howard in Harvard Studies Classical Philology, xvii (1906), pp 161 sqq.

The policy of granting land without payment, originally in force in New South Wales, had been abandoned in favour of sales of the public lands by auction at the upset price of twenty shillings per acre; and the system of squatting licences, under which colonists were allowed to occupy the waste lands on payment of a small annual licence, had been conceded.

The right to wear a violet cappa magna is conceded by the popes to the chapters of certain important cathedrals, but the train in this case is worn folded over the left arm or tied under it.

During even the least rigid of these the use of flesh and lacticinia is strictly forbidden; fish, oil and wine are occasionally conceded, but not before two o'clock in the afternoon.

The existence of this charter was denied, but the desired privileges were conceded, including the right to elect a mayor.

In spite of these difficulties it must be conceded that the dorsal flexure of the alimentary canal of the Pterobranchia is very Phoronis-like.

Similarly, in the view taken by the Stoics of the duties of social decorum, and in their attitude to the popular religion, we find a fluctuating compromise between the disposition to repudiate what is conventional, and the disposition to revere what is 1 The Stoics seem to have varied in their view of " good repute," eu50 ia; at first, when the school was more under the influence of Cynicism, they professed an outward as well as an inward indifference to it; ultimately they conceded the point to common sense, and included it among rrponyp. va.

After thirty years' agitation home rule was conceded in 1874 (see above, Government).

Freedom of election, somewhat similar in form to that which still exists, was formally conceded under Stephen, and confirmed by John in Magna Carta.

But when once revision or rewriting is conceded, there is absolutely no guarantee that the present Pentateuch is in any way identical with the five books which tradition ascribed to Moses (q.v.), and the necessity for a comprehensive critical investigation of the present contents makes itself felt.2 Literature.

It is stated, for example, that Gallego does not possess nasal diphthongs; still it may be conceded once for all that such a word as p 1 a n u s, which in Galician is written sometimes chau and sometimes c/ian, cannot be very remote from the Portuguese nasal pronunciation chao.

The power of creating anything is also denied the devil, and only the power of corrupting substances is conceded to him.

The archdukes having consented to treat with the United Provinces "as free provinces and states over which they had no pretensions," Oldenbarneveldt, who had with him the States of Holland and the majority of burgher regents throughout the county, was for peace, provided that liberty of trading was conceded.

That he was an ambitious man, fond of power, and haughty in his attitude to those who differed from him in opinion, may be granted, but it must also be conceded that he sought for power in order to confer invaluable services upon his country, and that impatience of opposition was not unnatural in a man who had exercised an almost supreme control of administrative affairs for upwards of three decades.

Gordon had an interesting interview with the king, but was not able to do much, as the king wanted great concessions from Egypt, and the khedive's instructions were that nothing material was to be conceded.

This step aroused grave discontent in the electorate, and, quickly abandoning his attempts to proselytize, the elector practically conceded religious liberty to his subjects.

This team conceded more goals than any other team.

When they conceded a tie game, Darby's men showed their character.

They conceded that the company was entitled to a detailed reply giving their reasons for refusing the request.

The team conceded more than four runs.

Despite vigorous protests, Berisha reluctantly conceded defeat as the Socialists, led by Fatos Nano, won a convincing victory.

The government finally conceded to the prisoners' demands.

The salesman conceded when he was done with his pitch.

The other team conceded in four games.

Schumacher has already effectively conceded defeat saying that he doesn't want to go to Brazil effectively pinning his hopes on an Alonso retirement.

They conceded 89 goals, including a 5-1 away drubbing at Watford and, worse, a 5-2 home clattering against Bristol City.

In the 98th minute Ledley King conceded a free kick just outside his own area for blatantly glancing at the referee.

However, despite our promising opening we conceded the first goal, to a long ball over the top.

The accident occurred mainly because I conceded to my wife's wishes to adopt a cute little kitty.

Carvalho's made bad errors against much lesser opposition than Man Utd, some of which have led to goals being conceded.

Alastair, with characteristic modesty, conceded he had his fair share of luck during his innings.

Wales were totally outclassed by Italy in Bologna, were it not for Paul Jones we could have conceded a lot more.

Glamorgan's first innings got off to a rapid start, as Burton conceded 36 runs in his opening four overs.

He managed to get away with only a yellow card but also conceded a penalty.

After a decidedly shaky start against Coast Rica, the German defense has conceded just once in four games.

Lynn are clearly missing the defensive solidity of Grant Cooper, without whom they have conceded seven goals in two games.

That is why they have conceded large swaths of biology to Darwinism.

On a similar, but opposite, tack we only conceded more than one goal on a club record six occasions.

Then, in a complete volte-face, a referendum was conceded.

The US and Britain have conceded that a full write-off of debt owed to the IMF and the World Bank may be necessary.

That, as now constituted, mind does depend on brain, life on body, must be conceded, but that this dependence is so absolute that the function must cease with the organ has not been scientifically demonstrated; the connexion of the soul with the body is as yet too obscure to justify any such dogmatism.

The extent of the rights which the charter conceded determined whether the town was a free town (vr je stadt - villa franca) or a commune (gemeente - communia).

In both capacities, however, a certain undefined pre-eminence was conceded to the occupants of " Apostolic " sees, i.e.