OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 12658

recede

/ɹɪˈsiːd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alejarse • caer • cejar • ciar • recejar • recular • retroceder • tener entradas
To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
All bodies moved circularly have a perpetual endeavour to recede from the center.
Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from th' insulted shore.
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