Definition of recede

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Recede (v. i.) To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

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Baronet :: Baronet (n.) A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners..
Tilde :: Tilde (n.) The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, ?, /], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y..
Preceded :: Preceded (imp. & p. p.) of Preced.
Epact :: Epact (n.) The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year..
Unprevented :: Unprevented (a.) Not preceded by anything.
Whereas :: Whereas (conj.) When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; although; -- implying opposition to something that precedes; or implying recognition of facts, sometimes followed by a different statement, and sometimes by inferences or something consequent..
Priority :: Priority (a.) Precedence; superior rank.
Encystment :: Encystment (n.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc..
Vail :: Vail (v. i.) To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like..
Precede :: Precede (v. t.) To go before in place, rank, or importance..
Perspective :: Perspective (a.) The art and the science of so delineating objects that they shall seem to grow smaller as they recede from the eye; -- called also linear perspective.
Preaudience :: Preaudience (n.) Precedence of rank at the bar among lawyers.
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..
Forerun :: Forerun (v. t.) To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).
Offskip :: Offskip (n.) That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator into distance.
That :: That (pron., a., conj., & adv.) To introduce a consequence, result, or effect; -- usually preceded by so or such, sometimes by that..
Forehand :: Forehand (n.) Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
Ebb :: Ebb (v. i.) To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.
Preambulation :: Preambulation (n.) A walking or going before; precedence.
Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
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