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recede(dictionary)

recede(1) (iou)



recede verb1. L15.
[Latin recedere, formed as RE- + cedere CEDE.]
verb intrans.
a. Depart from some usual state, standard, etc. Now rare or obsolete. L15.
b. Differ or vary from. Now rare. L16.
verb intrans.
a. Withdraw allegiance from. rare. L15-M16.
b. Withdraw from or from a bargain, proposal, opinion, etc. M17.
verb intrans. Depart or retire (from or to a place). rare. L15.
verb intrans.
a. Go or move back or further off; (of hair) cease to grow at the front and sides of the head; be left at an increasing distance by an observer's motion. E17.
J. Galsworthy The colour rushed into Bosinney's face, but soon receded. E. Bowen The..castle receded..into its ink-like woods. I. Murdoch Her footsteps on the gravel receded. V. Bramwell Gums recede with age.
b. Lie further back or away; slope backwards. L18.
W. Golding He thought, receding chin on white hand.
c. Of a colour: appear to be more distant than others in the same plane. M20.
verb trans.
a. Retract, withdraw. Only in M17.
b. Move back or away. Only in E19.
verb intrans.
a. Go back or away in time. L18.
R. Hughes A phase of their lives was receding into the past.
b. Decline in character or value. E19.
J. K. Galbraith A time of receding income.
recedence noun = RECESSION M19.
receder noun M18.