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receding

 

  2  definitions  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  receding 
  adj  1:  moving  toward  a  position  farther  from  the  front;  "the 
  receding  glaciers  of  the  last  ice  age";  "retiring  fogs 
  revealed  the  rocky  coastline"  [syn:  {retiring}] 
  2:  that  are  flowing  away  "the  receding  waters  left  muddy 
  devastation" 
  3:  (of  a  hairline  e.g.)  moving  slowly  back  [syn:  {receding(a)}] 
  n  1:  a  slow  or  gradual  disappearance  [syn:  {fadeout}] 
  2:  a  act  of  becoming  more  distant  [syn:  {recession}]




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