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Recede

//ɹɪˈsiːd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

    "Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from th' insulted shore."

  2. 2
    become faint or more distant wordnet
  3. 3
    To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.

    "to recede conquered territory"

  4. 4
    retreat wordnet
  5. 5
    To take back.
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  1. 6
    pull back or move away or backward wordnet

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English receden, from Middle French receder and its etymon Latin recedere (“to withdraw; to go back”), from re- + cedere (“to go”).

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