recede Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb pull back or move away or backward
    retire; pull back; move back; withdraw; pull away; draw back; retreat.
    • The enemy withdrew
    • The limo pulled away from the curb
  2. verb retreat
    drop off; fall back; fall behind; lose.
  3. verb become faint or more distant
    • the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older

WordNet

Re*cede" intransitive verb
Etymology
L. recedere, recessum; pref. re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: cf. F. recéder. See Cede.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Receded; present participle & verbal noun Receding
Definitions
  1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
    Like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the instituted 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.
Re*cede" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. re- + cede. Cf. Recede, v. t.
Definitions
  1. To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.

Webster 1913