recede
/ɹɪˈsid/rih-SEED
/ɹɪˈsid/rih-SEED
Meaningto go back
Common meaning: to move back or away
- reagain; back
- cedto go, move away; to give wayLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 307 · scan
‘again’ + ‘to go, move away’ → recede
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin cēdō ‘to go, move away; to give way’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry cēdō, p. 307 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SUCCEED, p. 607 · dictionary scan
Roots
- cēdō, cessī, cessum Latin “to go, move away; to give way”
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