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Webster 1913 Edition
Recede
Re-cede′
(rē̍-sēd′)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Receded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Receding
.] 1.
To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
Like the hollow roar
Of tides
Of tides
receding
from the insulted shore. Dryden.
All bodies moved circularly endeavor to
recede
from the center. Bentley.
2.
To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted;
as, to
. recede
from a demand or proposition
Syn. – To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw; desist.
Re-cede′
(rē-sēd′)
, Verb.
T.
To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor;
as, to
. recede
conquered territoryWebster 1828 Edition
Recede
RECE'DE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.Like the hollow roar of tides receding from th' insulted shore.
All bodies moved circularly, endeavor to recede from the center.
2.
To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist from; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand; to recede from terms or propositions.RECE'DE
,Verb.
T.