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单词 recede
释义 recede
recede1
 /ri seed"/,  v.i.  , receded, receding.
  1. to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
  2. to become more distant.
  3. (of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move away or be perceived as moving away from an observer, esp. as giving the illusion of space. Cf. advance (def. 15).
  4. to slope backward: a chin that recedes.
  5. to draw back or withdraw from a conclusion, viewpoint, undertaking, promise, etc.
 [1470-80; < L recedere to go, fall back, equiv. to re- RE- + cedere to withdraw, go; see CEDE]
 Syn. 5. retire, retreat.
recede2
 /ree seed"/, v.t., receded, receding.
 to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor.
 [1765-75; RE- + CEDE]
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