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    [Verb]  | "re*cede" | \ (ˌ)rē-ˈsēd \


    1: to cede back to a former possessor


    Origin: 1771 ;

     Re- + cede;

    [Verb]  | "re*cede" | \ ri-ˈsēd \


    1: to move back or away : withdraw

    2: to slant backward

    3: to grow less or smaller : diminish, decrease


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Latin recedere to go back, from re- + cedere to go;

    [Verb]  | "recedes" 


    1: to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually;


      * e.g., " ... the sound of sirens receded as the fire engines roared off into the distance "





    2: to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable);


      * e.g., " ... after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede "





    [Verb]  | "recede" 


    1: to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually;


      * e.g., " ... the sound of sirens receded as the fire engines roared off into the distance "





    2: to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable);


      * e.g., " ... after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede "





    [Verb]  | "recedes (from)" 


    1: as in goes, withdraws;




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