The treaty's drafters chose their words with extraordinary care, aware that any ambiguity might later be exploited. A single mistaken modifier, they understood, could cede a coastline or forfeit a fishing right.
As used in the text, what does the word "cede" most nearly mean?
- A
see
- Bcheck_circle
give up control of
- C
scatter
- D
plant seeds
Explanation
A bad modifier could surrender a coastline; "cede" means to give up or yield, not the homophones "seed" or "see."