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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Recede \Re*cede"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Receded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Receding}.] [L. recedere,
     recessum; pref. re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: cf. F.
     rec['e]der. See {Cede}.]
     1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
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              Like the hollow roar
              Of tides receding from the insulted shore. --Dryden.
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              All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from
              the center.                           --Bentley.
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     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.
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     Syn: To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw;
          desist.
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