Latin

Verb

abscēdō ‎(present infinitive abscēdere, perfect active abscessī, supine abscessum); third conjugation

1. I go off or away, depart.
2. I disappear, withdraw.
3. I recede, retreat.
4. (military) I withdraw (from combat, a siege); march off, depart, retire.
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 26.1

     Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.

     The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.

5. (figuratively) I leave off, desist.

Inflection

Derived terms

• abscessiō
• abscessus

References

• abscedo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abscedo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “abscedo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

abscedo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of absceder

Spanish

Verb

abscedo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of absceder.