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Recede
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Synonyms: retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw; desist.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.