secede

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se·cede /sɪˈsiːd/ verb [intransitive] formal SSOif a country or state secedes from another country, it officially stops being part of it and becomes independent 〔从…中〕退出，脱离 OPP accedesecede from By 1861,11 states had seceded from the Union. 到1861年，已有11个州退出联邦。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

secede• In 2001, Chechens will be permitted to vote to secede.• With Obote making inroads into its power, Buganda attempts to secede.• Supposing Yorkshire or Cornwall decided by a majority vote to secede from Britain and elect their own government.• It was no wonder that from time to time engineering faculty had pro-posed that the school secede from the college.• The Ibos seceded in 1967 as the state of Biafra, prompting a war that left 1 million people dead.• In Berlin a splinter group formed within the Society, but it did not secede until 1898.secede from• Quebec voted on seceding from Canada.Origin secede (1700-1800) Latin secedere “to go apart”, from cedere “to go”

se·cede verbChineseSyllable

another a if or country state from Corpus secedes country,

secede
se‧cede /sɪˈsiːd/

verb [intransitive] formal

Date: 1700-1800
Language: Latin
Origin: secedere 'to go apart', from cedere 'to go'

if a country or state secedes from another country, it officially stops being part of it and becomes independent
   OPP accede
    secede from