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 Re·cede v. i. [imp. & p. p. Receded; p. pr. & vb. n. Receding.]
 1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
 Like the hollow roar
 Of tides receding from the insulted 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.
 Syn: -- To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw; desist.