Definition of Recede

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Recede

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition.

To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.

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Recede Quotations

A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in.
Thomas B. Macaulay

Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.
Robert Burton

We may either proceed from principles to facts, or recede from facts to principles.
Henry Mayhew

The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede.
Eugen Herrigel

To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.
George Crabbe

Recede Translations

recede in Dutch is achteruitgaan
recede in Italian is farsi indietro
recede in Latin is recipio recepi receptum
recede in Spanish is retroceder

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