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单词 secede
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Definition of secede in English:

secede

verb sɪˈsiːdsəˈsid
[no object]
  • Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.

    the kingdom of Belgium seceded from the Netherlands in 1830
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the South seceded, the European superpowers would have cooked, carved and devoured the weakened American eagle.
    • Sections of the army mutinied and the mineral rich province of Katanga seceded.
    • If Vermont or Southern California were to secede, a lot of us would join them.
    • When the state of Mississippi seceded, he withdrew from the Senate.
    • The Southern ruling class seceded from the US in early 1861 to defend a social system built on the backs of destitute slaves.
    • The only way to prevent this would be to secede from the Union.
    • Conversely, a claim of a right to secede from a repressive dictatorship may be regarded as legitimate.
    • The state legislature was soon to convene, with some of its members seeking to have the state secede from t he Union.
    • Four out of the six provinces on the island of Madagascar have declared their intention to secede and form an independent entity.
    • In 1991, Germany gave Croatia and Slovenia the green light to secede from the Yugoslav federation; civil war soon followed.
    • Once these republics seceded, however, the legal status of minorities, such as the Serbs in Croatia, was undermined.
    • Guatemala seceded from the resulting federation of the United Provinces of Central America in 1839.
    • What was Abraham Lincoln's answer to Southerners who voted democratically to secede?
    • The electorate votes on whether to secede from an existing nation and claim its independence for the entire world to see.
    • Many of the planets were run by makeshift despotic governments that intended to secede from the Republic.
    • The North might have chosen the path of virtuous isolationism, letting the South secede and becoming an egalitarian social democracy.
    • If the Union is truly indestructible, then states cannot secede even if the national government is willing to let them go.
    • Before he had even taken the oath of office, several Southern states had seceded.
    • He has dramatically warned that if he is impeached a number of provinces will secede from Indonesia.
    • The chiefs, however, are now split along regional lines - with chiefs from western provinces threatening to secede.
    Synonyms
    withdraw from, break away from, break with, separate (oneself) from, sever relations with, leave, quit, split with, split off from, disaffiliate from, defect from, resign from, pull out of, drop out of, have nothing more to do with, turn one's back on, repudiate, reject, renounce, desert
    form a splinter group

Derivatives

  • seceder

  • noun
    • They are seceders and their participation in institutions of any kind is likely to be enthusiastic but temporary.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Over the centuries, schisms occurred in which the seceders switched allegiance to Rome, forming the Uniate churches.
      • Thus the centrifugal tendency of seceders' nationalism was crucial.
      • On its disruption in 1884 he became head of the seceders, who organized themselves as the Socialist League, and was to lecture and write for the cause with great energy.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin secedere, from se- 'apart' + cedere 'go'.

Rhymes

accede, bead, Bede, bleed, breed, cede, concede, creed, deed, Eid, exceed, feed, Gide, God speed, greed, he'd, heed, impede, interbreed, intercede, Jamshid, knead, lead, mead, Mede, meed, misdeed, mislead, misread, need, plead, proceed, read, rede, reed, Reid, retrocede, screed, seed, she'd, speed, stampede, steed, succeed, supersede, Swede, tweed, weak-kneed, we'd, weed
 
 

Definition of secede in US English:

secede

verbsəˈsidsəˈsēd
[no object]
  • Withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.

    the kingdom of Belgium seceded from the Netherlands in 1830
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the state of Mississippi seceded, he withdrew from the Senate.
    • If the South seceded, the European superpowers would have cooked, carved and devoured the weakened American eagle.
    • Many of the planets were run by makeshift despotic governments that intended to secede from the Republic.
    • The North might have chosen the path of virtuous isolationism, letting the South secede and becoming an egalitarian social democracy.
    • The state legislature was soon to convene, with some of its members seeking to have the state secede from t he Union.
    • If the Union is truly indestructible, then states cannot secede even if the national government is willing to let them go.
    • The electorate votes on whether to secede from an existing nation and claim its independence for the entire world to see.
    • If Vermont or Southern California were to secede, a lot of us would join them.
    • Before he had even taken the oath of office, several Southern states had seceded.
    • Once these republics seceded, however, the legal status of minorities, such as the Serbs in Croatia, was undermined.
    • Guatemala seceded from the resulting federation of the United Provinces of Central America in 1839.
    • Four out of the six provinces on the island of Madagascar have declared their intention to secede and form an independent entity.
    • Sections of the army mutinied and the mineral rich province of Katanga seceded.
    • In 1991, Germany gave Croatia and Slovenia the green light to secede from the Yugoslav federation; civil war soon followed.
    • He has dramatically warned that if he is impeached a number of provinces will secede from Indonesia.
    • The chiefs, however, are now split along regional lines - with chiefs from western provinces threatening to secede.
    • The only way to prevent this would be to secede from the Union.
    • The Southern ruling class seceded from the US in early 1861 to defend a social system built on the backs of destitute slaves.
    • Conversely, a claim of a right to secede from a repressive dictatorship may be regarded as legitimate.
    • What was Abraham Lincoln's answer to Southerners who voted democratically to secede?
    Synonyms
    withdraw from, break away from, break with, separate from, separate oneself from, sever relations with, leave, quit, split with, split off from, disaffiliate from, defect from, resign from, pull out of, drop out of, have nothing more to do with, turn one's back on, repudiate, reject, renounce, desert

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin secedere, from se- ‘apart’ + cedere ‘go’.

 
 
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