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Recede

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re⋅cede

1  [ri-seed]
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–verb (used without object), -ced⋅ed, -ced⋅ing.
1. to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
2. to become more distant.
3. (of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move away or be perceived as moving away from an observer, esp. as giving the illusion of space. Compare advance (def. 15).
4. to slope backward: a chin that recedes.
5. to draw back or withdraw from a conclusion, viewpoint, undertaking, promise, etc.
Origin:
1470–80; < L recēdere to go, fall back, equiv. to re- re- + cēdere to withdraw, go; see cede

Synonyms:
5. retire, retreat.

re⋅cede

2  [ree-seed]
–verb (used with object), -ced⋅ed, -ced⋅ing.
to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor.
Origin:
1765–75; re- + cede
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re·cede 1   (rĭ-sēd')   
intr.v.   re·ced·ed, re·ced·ing, re·cedes

  1. To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark: waited for the floodwaters to recede.

  2. To slope backward.

  3. To become or seem to become fainter or more distant: Eventually, my unhappy memories of the place receded.

  4. To withdraw or retreat.


[Middle English receden, from Old French receder, from Latin recēdere : re-, re- + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to move backward: a hairline that had receded; waters that ebb at low tide; a turtle that retracted into its shell; an army that retreated to avoid defeat; academic standards that have retrograded.
Antonym: advance
re·cede 2   (rē-sēd')   
tr.v.   re·ced·ed, re·ced·ing, re·cedes
To yield or grant to one formerly in possession; cede (something) back.

[re- + cede.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

recede 
1480, from M.Fr. receder, from L. recedere "to go back, withdraw," from re- "back" + cedere "to go" (see cede).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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