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receded |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recede \Re*cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Receded}; p. pr & vb n. {Receding}.] [L. recedere recessum pref. re- re- + cedere to go to go along: cf F. rec['e]der. See {Cede}.] 1. To move back to retreat; to withdraw. Like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the instituted 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.
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