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secede
What does secede mean?
secede (verb): to split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organization.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce secede?
/sɪˈsid/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does secede come from?
From Latin secedere, from se- (“apart”) + cēdō (“to go”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to secede
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “secede” mean?
to split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organization
Right! That's what “secede” means.
to cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination
Not quite: that's what evoke means.
to include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain
Not quite: that's what encompass means.
to quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something
Not quite: that's what duck means.
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