cedens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of cēdō (“withdraw, yield”). === Participle === cēdēns (genitive cēdentis); third-declension one-termination participle going, moving, proceeding, going along, moving along resulting, turning out, happening withdrawing, departing, retiring, going away from (military) withdrawing, falling back, giving up one's post disappearing, passing away, vanishing ceding, giving in or yielding (to), stepping aside (for), giving way (to) being inferior (to), yielding (to) in rank conceding, giving up, granting, surrendering, yielding falling (to) (as a possession); accruing or coming (to) becoming, turning into, becoming the equivalent of ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. === References === "cedens", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)