secede
verb /sɪˈsiːd/
/sɪˈsiːd/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they secede | /sɪˈsiːd/ /sɪˈsiːd/ |
| he / she / it secedes | /sɪˈsiːdz/ /sɪˈsiːdz/ |
| past simple seceded | /sɪˈsiːdɪd/ /sɪˈsiːdɪd/ |
| past participle seceded | /sɪˈsiːdɪd/ /sɪˈsiːdɪd/ |
| -ing form seceding | /sɪˈsiːdɪŋ/ /sɪˈsiːdɪŋ/ |
- secede (from something) (of a state, country, etc.) to officially leave a larger state or organization of states and become independent
- The Republic of Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903.
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Latin secedere, from se- ‘apart’ + cedere ‘go’.