Definition of recede

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Recede (v. i.) To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory..

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Antichrist :: Antichrist (n.) A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming..
Context :: Context (n.) The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning..
Day :: Day (n.) (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc..
Pas :: Pas (n.) Right of going foremost; precedence.
Precedence :: Precedence (n.) Alt. of Precedenc.
Preferential :: Preferential (a.) Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares..
Horror :: Horror (n.) A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor..
Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.
Beadle :: Beadle (v.) An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students..
Precedented :: Precedented (a.) Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.
Unprecedented :: Unprecedented (a.) Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled.
Preaudience :: Preaudience (n.) Precedence of rank at the bar among lawyers.
Prenotion :: Prenotion (n.) A notice or notion which precedes something else in time; previous notion or thought; foreknowledge.
Ultimate :: Ultimate (a.) Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final..
Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of..
Forerun :: Forerun (v. t.) To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).
Authority :: Authority (n.) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent..
Preliminary :: Preliminary (n.) That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year before entering college..
Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; o
Forefather :: Forefather (n.) One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor..
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