recedev.¹

Brit.

/rᵻˈsiːd/, U.S.

/rəˈsid/,

/riˈsid/

Forms: late Middle English reysede, late Middle English– recede, 1500s–1600s receade, 1500s–1600s receede, 1600s receed; Scottish pre-1700 reced, pre-1700 receid, pre-1700 reseid, pre-1700 1700s– recede.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin recēdere.

Etymology: < classical Latin recēdere to draw back, retire, withdraw, to move back or away, to extend backward, to be placed away from the front, be set back, to pass away, vanish, to withdraw from an agreement or from an opinion, to depart from an authority or principle, to deviate, diverge < re- re- prefix + cēdere cede v. Compare French recéder (1596 in an isolated attestation in Middle French; subsequently from the end of the 18th cent.).

a. intransitive. To depart or leave; to go away or retire from or to a place or scene. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]

wendeOE

i-wite971

ashakec975

shakeOE

to go awayOE

witea1000

afareOE

agoOE

atwendOE

awayOE

to wend awayOE

awendOE

gangOE

rimeOE

flitc1175

to fare forthc1200

depart?c1225

part?c1225

partc1230

to-partc1275

biwitec1300

atwitea1325

withdrawa1325

to draw awayc1330

passc1330

to turn one's (also the) backc1330

lenda1350

begonec1370

remuea1375

voidc1374

removec1380

to long awaya1382

twinc1386

to pass one's wayc1390

trussc1390

waive1390

to pass out ofa1398

avoida1400

to pass awaya1400

to turn awaya1400

slakec1400

wagc1400

returnc1405

to be gonea1425

muck1429

packc1450

recede1450

roomc1450

to show (a person) the feetc1450

to come offc1475

to take one's licence1475

issue1484

devoidc1485

rebatea1500

walka1500

to go adieua1522

pikea1529

to go one's ways1530

retire?1543

avaunt1549

to make out1558

trudge1562

vade?1570

fly1581

leave1593

wag1594

to get off1595

to go off1600

to put off1600

shog1600

troop1600

to forsake patch1602

exit1607

hence1614

to give offa1616

to take off1657

to move off1692

to cut (also slip) the painter1699

sheera1704

to go about one's business1749

mizzle1772

to move out1792

transit1797–1803

stump it1803

to run away1809

quit1811

to clear off1816

to clear out1816

nash1819

fuff1822

to make (take) tracks (for)1824

mosey1829

slope1830

to tail out1830

to walk one's chalks1835

to take away1838

shove1844

trot1847

fade1848

evacuate1849

shag1851

to get up and get1854

to pull out1855

to cut (the) cable(s)1859

to light out1859

to pick up1872

to sling one's Daniel or hook1873

to sling (also take) one's hook1874

smoke1893

screw1896

shoot1897

voetsak1897

to tootle off1902

to ship out1908

to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909

to push off1918

to bugger off1922

biff1923

to fuck off1929

to hit, split or take the breeze1931

to jack off1931

to piss offa1935

to do a mick1937

to take a walk1937

to head off1941

to take a hike1944

moulder1945

to chuff off1947

to get lost1947

to shoot through1947

skidoo1949

to sod off1950

peel1951

bug1952

split1954

poop1961

mugger1962

frig1965

society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)]

to come awayeOE

wendeOE

i-wite971

ashakec975

shakeOE

to go awayOE

witea1000

afareOE

agoOE

awayOE

dealc1000

goOE

awendOE

rimeOE

to go one's wayOE

flitc1175

depart?c1225

partc1230

to-partc1275

atwitea1325

withdrawa1325

to turn one's (also the) backc1330

lenda1350

begonec1370

remuea1375

removec1380

to long awaya1382

twinc1386

to pass one's wayc1390

trussc1390

to turn awaya1400

returnc1405

to be gonea1425

recede1450

roomc1450

to come offc1475

to take one's licence1475

issue1484

walka1500

to go adieua1522

pikea1529

avaunt1549

trudge1562

vade?1570

discoast1571

leave1593

wag1594

to go off1600

troop1600

hence1614

to set on one's foota1616

to pull up one's stumps1647

quit1811

to clear out1816

slope1830

to walk one's chalks1835

shove1844

to roll out1850

to pull out1855

to light out1859

to take a run-out powder1909

to push off (also along)1923

1450 in J. B. Sheppard Christ Church Lett. (1877) 211 (MED) Yf yt be falle one of them to be myseavysyd in word or dede, that then the odyr fellawe to suffure hym, and to recede and departe frome hys presence for that tyme.

a1475 Visio Philiberti (Brogyntyn) in J. O. Halliwell Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 29 The grettyst payn..Was when my sole dyde from me reysede.

1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles xiv. 584 For it is not likely that y^e Apostles receded from the ceremonie which they vsed in y^e choosing of Matthias.

1679 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 446 About the same time that the Treasurer went away, 'twas reported that the dutchess of Portsmouth receeded also.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 5 Afterwards receeding to his Native Country, he wrot in his own Language.

1718 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected II. ii. vii. 471 He was sent from Rome, before Pompey receded from thence, to be provincial Governour of Syria.

1798 F. G. Waldron et al. Biogr. Mirrour II. iii. 13 Upon the breaking out of the civil war, he receded to his rectory of Heanton, near Barnstable in Devon.

1857 D. P. Kidder & J. C. Fletcher Brazil & Brazilians xx. 379 (heading) A proposition to recede from Rome.

1892 R. E. G. Kirk Acct. Abingdon Abbey p. xxviii Two monks had ‘receded’, one to Colne.

1936 E. Curtis Hist. Ireland i. 15 The Roman Paulinus had been sent to Northumbria, but his mission failed in the north with the rise of the heathen Penda of Mercia and receded to Kent.

1979 C. Milne Path through Trees II. i. 19 The war had been on for a month; yet although it was front page news in the papers, it had already..receded to the back pages of my thoughts.

1996 D. H. Bays Christianity in China ix. 167 Land..that once had belonged to the Tang was sold to Hakka Christian immigrants, and the Tang receded to the northeasternmost regions of Lung Yeuk Tau.

†b. intransitive. To stand down from a post; to retire from an occupation. Obsolete.

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society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)]

resign1395

recede1452

retirec1598

to take, lay down, resign the fascesa1625

to go out1642

to sing one's nunc dimittis1642

to make one's bowa1656

to lay down1682

to swear off1698

vacate1812

to send in one's papers1872

to step down1890

to stand down1926

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > retire

recede1452

retirec1598

to make one's bowa1656

to hang up one's fiddle1833

1452 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Corporation of Beverley (1900) 36 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 284) XLVI. 513 [A record of a] servand recedid out of his service.

1638 R. Brathwait Surv. Hist. 69 Hee may still enjoy the benefit of this priviledge, till such time as hee recede from his place or Office.

a1662 T. Craufurd Acct. Univ. Edinb. f. 31 Mr. Andrew Stevenson was..elected..with proviso that if Mr. Andrew Yong should recover, he should recede.

1666 Ormonde MSS in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 20 Bankes thinks to recede from those imployments to follow his owne.

1791 Bee 11 May 17 One, who, from speculative principles, had receded from being a candidate for the clerical gown, and had betaken himself to the profession of the law.

†c. intransitive. To have recourse to a person or thing. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1638 R. Brathwait Surv. Hist. 118 But to recede to our Discourse of Histories of this nature; I find many unprofitable passages in the Translation of our Histories.

1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1006 This Power is subordinate to the Civil Legislation..and..stands obliged to recede to the Civil Sovereign.

a. intransitive. To go or move back or further away; to retreat or draw back. Frequently with from. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat

withdraw1297

recoilc1330

give place1382

arrear1399

to draw backa1400

resortc1425

adrawc1450

recedec1450

retraya1470

returna1470

rebut1481

wyke1481

umbedrawc1485

retreata1500

retract1535

retire1542

to give back1548

regress1552

to fall back?1567

peak1576

flinch1578

to fall offa1586

to draw off1602

to give ground1607

retrograde1613

to train off1796

to beat a retreat1861

to back off1938

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go or move away specifically of things

forgoc950

worthOE

atgoc1175

alithec1275

withdraw1297

lenda1350

withgoa1400

to go farewellc1400

voidc1400

startc1405

overdrawa1450

recedec1450

sinkc1450

remove1481

regress1552

to-gang1596

elongate1646

abscede1650

discede1650

to take a walk1871

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > behave disloyally towards [verb (transitive)] > renounce allegiance to

recedec1450

disown1693

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 324 (MED) One of þaim wakend hym & said þe peple recedid away.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 80 (MED) Onone þis temptacion recedid away and he had it nevur after.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 59 (MED) The occean compassethe the erthe in the maner of a cercle, foldenge abowte the regiones of londes, commethe to, and recedethe [L. recedit].

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Fff4 It is plaine, that the more you recede from your grounds, the weaker doe you conclude.

1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xiii. 140 As the Sun recedes, the Moon and Stars discover themselves.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vi. 263 But, nymphs, recede! sage chastity denies To raise the blush.

1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxviii*. 29 Those conditions..are so constituted, that, as we approach one, we recede from another.

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 73 When proud Fortune's ebbing tide recedes.

1807 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons (ed. 2) I. ii. ii. 100 Of the events of the battle, he only says, that Arthur did not recede.

1818–20 E. Thompson Cullen's Nosologia (ed. 3) 201 Inflammation of the joints suddenly receding.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 73 We receded from him into the solitudes.

1939 M. C. Cheney Mod. Art in Amer. 5 The leading Cubists themselves have tended to recede into eclecticism.

1940 G. Gamow Birth & Death of Sun xii. 221 Measuring the radial velocities of these distant stellar systems, he noticed that they almost all showed a definite tendency to recede from us rather than to approach us.

1972 Economist 8 Apr. 18/3 The water remains much as it was when the last glaciers receded.

2002 UFO Mag. Jan. 6/1 Three radar operators had observed..a target moving at 1,300–1,650 knots, first approaching and then receding from the station.

b. intransitive. To lie further back or away; to slope backwards, to become more distant to the view. In later use frequently of a facial feature, esp. the chin.

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the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > slope > backwards

recede1686

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be or remain at a distance [verb (intransitive)] > lie further away

recede1816

1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 112/2 By how much that place of the Earth unto which the Sun is vertical recedeth to the Pole, by so much the less distant the place of the Air is from the Earth, in which the Rain, Snow, and Hail begin to be generated.

1723 tr. R. J. C. de Garengeot Treat. Chirurg. Operations iii. 33 The quilled Suture is the safest way of reuniting those Wounds, wherein the Muscles are deeply cut, and the Parts naturally disposed to recede from one another.

1777 W. Mason Eng. Garden (ed. 2) ii. 86 Oft let the turf recede, and oft approach, With varied breadth.

1798 Brit. Critic 12 272 [The bill] is long..but from the tip half way its length, the mandibles recede from each other, and leave an open space.

1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 28 Where the embowering trees recede, and leave A little space of green expanse.

1857 ‘G. Eliot’ Amos Barton iii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 17/1 Her mouth..receded too much from her nose and chin, and..threatened ‘nut-crackers’ in advanced age.

1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile vii. 167 The mountains here recede so far as to be almost out of sight.

1952 W. J. Miller Introd. Hist. Geol. (ed. 6) xxv. 517 Neanderthal men... The jaws were protrusive to the verge of snoutiness; the chin receded practically to a vanishing point.

1988 M. Hocking Irrelevant Woman (1989) viii. 111 A flight of stairs receded into what had been the private part of the house.

2004 H. B. Ostler et al. Dis. of Eye & Skin x. 91/1 The upper lip is long, and both lips are thin; the angles of the mouth turn down; the chin recedes.

c. intransitive. To be left at an increasing distance by an observer's motion. Now frequently with from, into.

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1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. p. xxxv Both Land and Towns receded when we left our port.

1819 P. B. Shelley Lines Euganean Hills in Rosalind & Helen 70 The dim low line..Of a dark and distant shore Still recedes.

1868 Queen Victoria Jrnl. 26 As the fair shores of Scotland receded more and more from our view.

1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love ix. 123 They watched whilst the girls drew near, and whilst they passed, and whilst they receded down the dusty road.

1975 E. Dunlop Robinsheugh i. 1 The north-bound train swayed slowly out of King's Cross Station, and her mother's face, anxiously smiling, receded into a featureless dot far down the platform.

2005 A. I. Miller Empire of Stars v. 73 As the city of Bombay receded into the distance, perhaps he thought back over the achievements of his nineteen years of life.

d. intransitive. Of a sound: to grow fainter, to fade.

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1756 E. Moore Poems, Fables & Plays xv. 129 If once her feeble bark recede, Or deviate from the course decreed, In vain she seeks the friendless shore, Her swifter folly flies before.

?1795 A. Yearsley Elegy Marie Antoinette 6 The Tone of gentle Languishment recedes.

1872 Galaxy Jan. 118 He listened as the sound receded, dying away at length among the windings of the hill.

1939 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Jrnl. 20 Oct. 5/2 Then the propellor sounds receded.

1966 G. Greene Comedians i. iv. 104 We seemed to wait a long time before the sound of the engine passed the drive and receded.

2000 Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 31 Oct. 4 Then she heard what seemed like the sound of wings flapping—then the sound receded to silence and peace.

e. intransitive. Of a man's hair: to cease to grow at the front and sides of the head, progressively revealing more of the scalp. Also of a hairline, or of a person having such a hairline.

ΚΠ

1787 C. Dodd Curse of Sentiment I. Introd. p. xv His forehead high, from which his fine brown hair had much receded.

1845 C. F. Henningsen White Slave II. ix. 221 The baldness which his grey hair leaves as it recedes, gives to his forehead the appearance of being high and ample.

1935 G. Greene Eng. made Me ii. 77 Anthony saw how his hair receded at his temple, giving the impression of more brow than most men have.

1974 Times 4 May 7/3 The hairline had receded, the pug nose acquired a rubicund hue.

1990 J. Aiken Jane Fairfax iii. 42 His grey-brown hair had mostly receded, leaving him half-bald.

2000 M. Gayle Turning Thirty xv. 67 Although he was receding slightly at the temples he was still a long way from the Land of Wispy Strands.

f. intransitive. Of an immaterial thing: to diminish in extent, power, or importance; to fade from notice or memory. Frequently with into.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)]

littleOE

setc1000

wanzec1175

lessc1225

allayc1275

wane1297

slaken1303

disincreasec1374

slakec1380

decrease1382

debatea1400

unwaxa1400

wastea1400

adminishc1400

lessenc1400

imminish14..

aslakec1405

minish?a1425

assuagec1430

shrinkc1449

to let down1486

decay1489

diminish1520

fall1523

rebate1540

batea1542

to come down1548

abate1560

stoop1572

pine1580

slack1580

scanten1585

shrivel1588

decrew1596

remit1629

contract1648

subside1680

lower1697

relax1701

drop1730

to take off1776

to run down1792

reduce1798

recede1810

to run off1816

to go down1823

attenuatea1834

ease1876

downscale1945

1810 M. Wilks Hist. Sketches South of India I. i. 2 Wars, revolutions, and conquests seem to have followed each other, in a succession more strangely complex, rapid, and destructive, as the events more deeply recede into the gloom of antiquity.

1873 Brit. Q. Rev. 57 178 Expressing aphoristically the truth that all our knowledge recedes into mystery.

1929 R. Hughes High Wind in Jamaica x. 260 Once more a phase of their lives was receding into the past, and crystallising into myth.

1951 Internat. Affairs 27 415 As time passes on and events recede..the original over-dramatization of the story is qualified.

1998 S. Winchester Surgeon of Crowthorne i. 19 A profession that has long since receded from modern memory.

2007 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 98/3 The rumors of an outright affair were unsubstantiated and soon receded into dormancy.

g. intransitive. Of a colour: to appear to be more distant than another in the same plane; to appear to move back or away. Cf. advance v. 10.

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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (intransitive)] > recede

recede1859

1859 Photographic News 27 May 135/2 Have no crude blue, but rather let every object, every tint of colour intended to recede..be softened into a greyish hue.

1921 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 5 June 10/2 To begin with the walls, choose colors that recede. That is, any cool tone.

1935 A. H. Rutt Home Furnishing iv. 35 Advancing and receding qualities in colors are a reality, as psychologists have proved. The warm hues seem to advance and the cool ones to recede.

1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 152/1 The cool tints..tend to ‘recede’ and will give a feeling of space.

2007 Intelligencer Jrnl. (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 23 Jan. a 4 Line the lips, then color inside the lips with a brush. Dark colors recede, so use light colors and glosses to bring out the lips.

a. intransitive. To depart or withdraw from some usual or natural state, a standard, a principle, etc.

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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action

wanderc897

haltc900

flitc1175

misdrawc1300

err1303

convertc1374

foldc1380

stray1390

astray1393

swaver?a1400

to fall from ——a1425

recedec1450

depart1535

swervea1547

fag1555

flinch1578

exorbitate1600

extravagate1600

discoasta1677

tralineate1700

aberrate1749

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 243 (MED) Þou sulde titter hafe putt þi bodie in a hondreth fyris, þan for to recede away fro so provid a faithe.

1520 Chron. Eng. iii. f. 19/1 It is mervayle that suche men so excedynge in wyt..receded from the knowlege of the very god.

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses 31 The Germaynes are thought to be so precise in obseruing one vniforme fashion in Apparell, as they haue neuer receeded from their first Original.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 301 They have bound themselves not to recede from those doctrines, how unmaintenable soever they be in themselves.

1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 60 in Scepsis Scientifica By the instances alleg'd, he recedes from his Master Aristotle.

1702 Stubbs For God or Baal 17 The Brute..recedes not from the Directions of Instinct.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 194 We recede very widely from the intentions of Nature.

1830 Monthly Rev. Apr. 500 Britain..secure in her united strength, can never recede from her position as the first of nations.

1871 tr. E. Swedenborg New Jerusalem in Misc. Theol. Wks. ix. 93 None can profane..the holy things of the church and the Word, except those who first acknowledge..them, and afterwards recede from and deny their faith.

1914 Virginia Law Rev. 2 125 There is a tendency to recede from the doctrine that the separate and distinct entity of a corporation will avail to defeat any claim against such corporation.

1996 New Eng. Q. 69 70 Never once did Christ recede from his station as ‘Lord and Master’.

b. intransitive. Of a thing: to differ or vary increasingly from something else. Now rare.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)]

diversec1384

discorda1387

swervea1400

differ?c1400

varyc1400

differencec1425

square?c1450

abhor1531

repugna1538

dissent1539

recede1570

discrepate1590

ablude1610

decline1615

to stand offa1616

particularize1637

distinguish1649

deviate1692

to stand apart1709

veer1796

to be a long way from1917

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 3/1 If they held any thyng which receaded from the fayth and rule of Christ.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. B2^v I sawe well that knowledge recedeth as farre from ignorance, as light doth from darknesse.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxxvi. 2 Annot.) 429/1 Another possible notion of the word, and which recedes very little from this.

1724 A. Collins Disc. Grounds Christian Relig. 171 The Septuagint, which greatly receded from the Hebrew text, by its additions [etc.].

1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. iv. iv. 144 Symbolic Writing, the more it receded from the Proper Hieroglyphic, the more it became obscure.

1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. iii. 12 In paths now approaching to, now receding from, the elliptical form.

1840 J. S. Mill in London & Westm. Rev. Mar. 239 Wherever wisdom and contrivance are at all available, this..is the principle of guidance; and whatever anywhere exists is imperfect and a failure, just so far as it recedes from this type.

1946 A. K. Coomaraswamy Figures of Speech ii. 48 The more it recedes from this nature and is done into matter..the less it has of beauty.

†a. intransitive. To withdraw allegiance or adherence from a person. Obsolete. rare.

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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > cast off allegiance or defect [verb (intransitive)]

recede1520

defect1596

degenerate1602

to fall overa1616

to go over the wall1917

1520 Chron. Eng. iv. f. 33/1 Many kyngdoms, the whiche receded from all other Emperoures, wylfully to this man torned agayne.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 75 That neither he nor his sonne, should recede or disseuer from Pope Alexander, or from his Catholique successors.

1838 S. Turner Sacred Hist. (new ed.) III. xxxvi. 376 As some of these [angels]..threw off their allegiance and attachment to Him, so the human spirit..decidedly receded from Him and forsook Him, and set up other things in His stead. They preferred the molten calf.

b. intransitive. To withdraw from a contract, agreement, or promise; to renege, recant, or back out. Chiefly with from.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (intransitive)]

to make (hold, pay, keep, yield or break) a vowc1290

to break dayc1300

faithc1410

swerve1527

to break touch1594

jeofail1599

recant1599

recede1648

discede1650

renege1651

shab1699

shaffle1781

weasel1956

1648 Duke of Hamilton in Hamilton Papers (1880) 154 They ar so far from receding from anie engagement to you.

1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 184 If..the Buyer repents of his Bargain, so that he desires to recede, he shall loose what he gave.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. v, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 357 By receding from the offer which she made.

1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) III. xxxix. 51 How could I recede from such an engagement?

1807 Deb. Congr. U.S. (1852) 651 Our committee recommended us to recede—to back out.

1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 437 There was a concluded contract from which neither party could recede.

1925 Times 28 May 8/2 While..joining in what my right hon. friend has said about having no desire to recede from the terms of the motion, [etc.].

1949 Speculum 24 65 There will be a contract, affirmed by oath, from which the king cannot recede.

2005 C. A. Zimring Cash for your Trash iii. 62 E. S. Bowen..testified that Dringer made a bid of twenty-two dollars per ton for the wheels, [and] that he subsequently receded from the offer.

c. intransitive. To withdraw or back down from a position, proposal, opinion, etc. Chiefly with from.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)]

to fall from ——a1425

waivec1450

forthink1483

to leave up1523

unresolve1608

startle1612

betray1614

recant1648

recede1650

to turn round1808

to unmake one's mind1848

unwill1871

1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. ix. 21 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) III. Not to make any ones opinion so magisteriall and binding, but that I might be at liberty to recede from it.

1716 London Gaz. No. 5447/2 The Deputies..thought fit to recede from the Objections.

1738 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) IV. 324 They hope the Governour would recede from this part of the Amendment.

1778 F. Burney Jrnl. 26 Mar. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. Fanny Burney (1994) 12 [I] can't recede,—you must tell Nobody,—or not hear it.

1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxiii. 233 Chilon, whose hopes were dashed by this failure, now only persevered because it was too late to recede.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ii. 602 From this opinion some of the judges subsequently receded.

1904 Economist 19 Mar. 485/2 As it stands, it is the employers who have receded from a position which they were prepared to maintain to the bitter end.

1970 Congress. Rec. 16 Dec. 41975/3 The Senate receded on the first point, the House on the second.

1995 T. S. Bains & H. Johnston Four Quarters of Night vii. 95 I am thankful to Almighty that he receded from his intention and stepped back.

†a. transitive. To retract (a promise or proposal). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract

to call againc1390

repealc1390

revokec1390

replyc1425

renounce1446

renayc1450

unsay1483

manswear1502

to let loose1530

to call back1533

recant1534

retract1538

unswear1591

unwish1591

swallow1597

to take back1599

retractate1600

reclaim1615

unspeak1615

recede1655

renege1679

unnotify1738

unpronounce1745

withdraw1793

palinode1892

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 57 Rather willing to submit to the hazard of Lewes his breach of Faith, then to the blame of receding his own from pollicitation.

b. transitive. To cause to move back or away. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > cause to move back [verb (transitive)] > move or draw something backwards

shrinkc1275

withdrawa1325

retreata1460

retract?a1475

revokea1500

retray1562

revolt1571

back1578

return1594

inshella1616

recede1823

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 51 Introducing two lenses..and approaching or receding these by means of the slider.

2001 Village Voice (N.Y.) 25 Dec. 76/4 Hitch receded his actors behind a fussy clutter of monumentalized bric-a-brac.

a. intransitive. To go back or away in time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [verb (intransitive)] > go back in time

recourse1561

to go back1587

to run up1609

to put (also set, turn, etc.) back the clock1623

recedea1681

amount1714

to put (also set, turn, etc.) the clock back1745

remount1777

mount1788

retrograde1797

to throw back1855

a1681 G. Wharton Mutations Empires in Wks. (1683) 135 Hence we recede to the 1574. Year before Christ, near unto which Moses was Born.

1788 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) iv. 107 And now to recede—I had just sent off my letter yesterday when Mrs Angelo call'd, as usual all life and spirits and full of news.

1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 660 From Green and Bewick..let us recede (in a chronological sense) to Hogarth.

1834 J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1864) II. 392 I shall endeavor to recede, in imagination, a century from the present time.

1939 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 80 165 If, however, we recede to the years before 432, we find according to Table VI that we could utilize July 29 in 436.

1995 J. Mehlman Geneal. of Time vii. 103 Let us recede to the period before that progress and consider a 1947 text by Paulhan.

b. intransitive. To decline or fall, esp. in value.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (intransitive)] > decline in price or fall

fall?1532

to come down1832

settle1868

sag1870

recede1883

shorten1884

ease1900

1782 J. Bowles Protest against T. Paine's ‘Rights of Man’ 22 Civilization, which had arrived at a high degree of perfection under the genial influence of settled government and certain laws, will recede much more rapidly than it had advanced.

1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. ix. 418 A nation that ceases to produce original and inventive minds..will recede from step to step.

1883 Daily News 7 Nov. 4/7 American prices were firm, but foreign Government stocks receded fractionally.

1921 Morning Herald (Uniontown, Pa.) 21 Feb. 12/1 (advt.) A thousand staple commodities may recede in price and be none the worse for the sacrifice.

1986 Times 26 Mar. 19/6 In dull builders, Crest Nicholson receded 8p to 158p.

2007 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 11 Jan. 23 As the economic value of wool recedes, black sheep such as the Zwartbles..are starting to get a look in.

Derivatives

reˈceded adj.

ΚΠ

1808 Trans. Linn. Soc. 9 106 The figure referred to only represents the receded state of the animal previous to dissolution.

1909 M. B. Saunders Litany Lane i. vi. 69 Her attendant lady.., Augusta of the receded fringe.

2005 L. Gberie Dirty War West Afr. i. 10 State institutions had withered away, and much of the countryside remained beyond the writ of the receded state.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	recede
释义	receden. Brit. /rᵻˈsiːd/, U.S. /rəˈsid/, /riˈsid/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: recede v.¹ Etymology: < recede v.¹ rare. The action of withdrawing, withdrawal; (also) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] departing?c1225 partingc1300 withdrawingc1315 departc1330 wendingc1330 outpassinga1387 goinga1400 discessc1425 departisona1450 departmentc1450 going awayc1450 departition1470 departurec1515 recess1531 avoidance1563 parture1567 waygate1575 departance1579 exit1596 remotion1608 voiding1612 recession1630 recedence1641 recede1649 partment1663 recedure1712 leaving1719 off-going1727 quittance1757 departal1823 pull-out1825 pull-awaya1829 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] departing?c1225 partingc1300 departc1330 wendingc1330 going-outc1350 goinga1400 discessc1425 departisona1450 departmentc1450 departition1470 departurec1515 recess1531 avoidance1563 parture1567 waygate1575 departance1579 remotion1608 voiding1612 recede1649 partment1663 leaving1719 off-going1727 quittance1757 departal1823 waying1922 1649 Princely Pellican 2 The Cause of His remove or recede from this Parliament. 1658 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 202 I shall now take occasion to make my recede from the world. 1659 R. Brathwait Panthalia 66 She bestow'd upon him such an affectionate smile in her recede from the Arbour. 1977 I. P. Dessai in I. P. Desai & B. Choudry Hist. Rural Devel. Mod. India i. 114 The economic programme is marked by a recede of Khadi in the background. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). recedev.¹ Brit. /rᵻˈsiːd/, U.S. /rəˈsid/, /riˈsid/ Forms: late Middle English reysede, late Middle English– recede, 1500s–1600s receade, 1500s–1600s receede, 1600s receed; Scottish pre-1700 reced, pre-1700 receid, pre-1700 reseid, pre-1700 1700s– recede. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin recēdere. Etymology: < classical Latin recēdere to draw back, retire, withdraw, to move back or away, to extend backward, to be placed away from the front, be set back, to pass away, vanish, to withdraw from an agreement or from an opinion, to depart from an authority or principle, to deviate, diverge < re- re- prefix + cēdere cede v. Compare French recéder (1596 in an isolated attestation in Middle French; subsequently from the end of the 18th cent.). 1. a. intransitive. To depart or leave; to go away or retire from or to a place or scene. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] to come awayeOE wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE awayOE dealc1000 goOE awendOE rimeOE to go one's wayOE flitc1175 depart?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 to turn awaya1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 recede1450 roomc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 avaunt1549 trudge1562 vade?1570 discoast1571 leave1593 wag1594 to go off1600 troop1600 hence1614 to set on one's foota1616 to pull up one's stumps1647 quit1811 to clear out1816 slope1830 to walk one's chalks1835 shove1844 to roll out1850 to pull out1855 to light out1859 to take a run-out powder1909 to push off (also along)1923 1450 in J. B. Sheppard Christ Church Lett. (1877) 211 (MED) Yf yt be falle one of them to be myseavysyd in word or dede, that then the odyr fellawe to suffure hym, and to recede and departe frome hys presence for that tyme. a1475 Visio Philiberti (Brogyntyn) in J. O. Halliwell Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 29 The grettyst payn..Was when my sole dyde from me reysede. 1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles xiv. 584 For it is not likely that y^e Apostles receded from the ceremonie which they vsed in y^e choosing of Matthias. 1679 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 446 About the same time that the Treasurer went away, 'twas reported that the dutchess of Portsmouth receeded also. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 5 Afterwards receeding to his Native Country, he wrot in his own Language. 1718 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected II. ii. vii. 471 He was sent from Rome, before Pompey receded from thence, to be provincial Governour of Syria. 1798 F. G. Waldron et al. Biogr. Mirrour II. iii. 13 Upon the breaking out of the civil war, he receded to his rectory of Heanton, near Barnstable in Devon. 1857 D. P. Kidder & J. C. Fletcher Brazil & Brazilians xx. 379 (heading) A proposition to recede from Rome. 1892 R. E. G. Kirk Acct. Abingdon Abbey p. xxviii Two monks had ‘receded’, one to Colne. 1936 E. Curtis Hist. Ireland i. 15 The Roman Paulinus had been sent to Northumbria, but his mission failed in the north with the rise of the heathen Penda of Mercia and receded to Kent. 1979 C. Milne Path through Trees II. i. 19 The war had been on for a month; yet although it was front page news in the papers, it had already..receded to the back pages of my thoughts. 1996 D. H. Bays Christianity in China ix. 167 Land..that once had belonged to the Tang was sold to Hakka Christian immigrants, and the Tang receded to the northeasternmost regions of Lung Yeuk Tau. †b. intransitive. To stand down from a post; to retire from an occupation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)] resign1395 recede1452 retirec1598 to take, lay down, resign the fascesa1625 to go out1642 to sing one's nunc dimittis1642 to make one's bowa1656 to lay down1682 to swear off1698 vacate1812 to send in one's papers1872 to step down1890 to stand down1926 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > retire recede1452 retirec1598 to make one's bowa1656 to hang up one's fiddle1833 1452 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Corporation of Beverley (1900) 36 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 284) XLVI. 513 [A record of a] servand recedid out of his service. 1638 R. Brathwait Surv. Hist. 69 Hee may still enjoy the benefit of this priviledge, till such time as hee recede from his place or Office. a1662 T. Craufurd Acct. Univ. Edinb. f. 31 Mr. Andrew Stevenson was..elected..with proviso that if Mr. Andrew Yong should recover, he should recede. 1666 Ormonde MSS in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 20 Bankes thinks to recede from those imployments to follow his owne. 1791 Bee 11 May 17 One, who, from speculative principles, had receded from being a candidate for the clerical gown, and had betaken himself to the profession of the law. †c. intransitive. To have recourse to a person or thing. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1638 R. Brathwait Surv. Hist. 118 But to recede to our Discourse of Histories of this nature; I find many unprofitable passages in the Translation of our Histories. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1006 This Power is subordinate to the Civil Legislation..and..stands obliged to recede to the Civil Sovereign. 2. a. intransitive. To go or move back or further away; to retreat or draw back. Frequently with from. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat withdraw1297 recoilc1330 give place1382 arrear1399 to draw backa1400 resortc1425 adrawc1450 recedec1450 retraya1470 returna1470 rebut1481 wyke1481 umbedrawc1485 retreata1500 retract1535 retire1542 to give back1548 regress1552 to fall back?1567 peak1576 flinch1578 to fall offa1586 to draw off1602 to give ground1607 retrograde1613 to train off1796 to beat a retreat1861 to back off1938 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go or move away specifically of things forgoc950 worthOE atgoc1175 alithec1275 withdraw1297 lenda1350 withgoa1400 to go farewellc1400 voidc1400 startc1405 overdrawa1450 recedec1450 sinkc1450 remove1481 regress1552 to-gang1596 elongate1646 abscede1650 discede1650 to take a walk1871 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > behave disloyally towards [verb (transitive)] > renounce allegiance to recedec1450 disown1693 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 324 (MED) One of þaim wakend hym & said þe peple recedid away. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 80 (MED) Onone þis temptacion recedid away and he had it nevur after. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 59 (MED) The occean compassethe the erthe in the maner of a cercle, foldenge abowte the regiones of londes, commethe to, and recedethe [L. recedit]. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Fff4 It is plaine, that the more you recede from your grounds, the weaker doe you conclude. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xiii. 140 As the Sun recedes, the Moon and Stars discover themselves. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vi. 263 But, nymphs, recede! sage chastity denies To raise the blush. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxviii. 29 Those conditions..are so constituted, that, as we approach one, we recede from another. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose* (1764) I. 73 When proud Fortune's ebbing tide recedes. 1807 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons (ed. 2) I. ii. ii. 100 Of the events of the battle, he only says, that Arthur did not recede. 1818–20 E. Thompson Cullen's Nosologia (ed. 3) 201 Inflammation of the joints suddenly receding. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 73 We receded from him into the solitudes. 1939 M. C. Cheney Mod. Art in Amer. 5 The leading Cubists themselves have tended to recede into eclecticism. 1940 G. Gamow Birth & Death of Sun xii. 221 Measuring the radial velocities of these distant stellar systems, he noticed that they almost all showed a definite tendency to recede from us rather than to approach us. 1972 Economist 8 Apr. 18/3 The water remains much as it was when the last glaciers receded. 2002 UFO Mag. Jan. 6/1 Three radar operators had observed..a target moving at 1,300–1,650 knots, first approaching and then receding from the station. b. intransitive. To lie further back or away; to slope backwards, to become more distant to the view. In later use frequently of a facial feature, esp. the chin. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > slope > backwards recede1686 the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be or remain at a distance [verb (intransitive)] > lie further away recede1816 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 112/2 By how much that place of the Earth unto which the Sun is vertical recedeth to the Pole, by so much the less distant the place of the Air is from the Earth, in which the Rain, Snow, and Hail begin to be generated. 1723 tr. R. J. C. de Garengeot Treat. Chirurg. Operations iii. 33 The quilled Suture is the safest way of reuniting those Wounds, wherein the Muscles are deeply cut, and the Parts naturally disposed to recede from one another. 1777 W. Mason Eng. Garden (ed. 2) ii. 86 Oft let the turf recede, and oft approach, With varied breadth. 1798 Brit. Critic 12 272 [The bill] is long..but from the tip half way its length, the mandibles recede from each other, and leave an open space. 1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 28 Where the embowering trees recede, and leave A little space of green expanse. 1857 ‘G. Eliot’ Amos Barton iii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 17/1 Her mouth..receded too much from her nose and chin, and..threatened ‘nut-crackers’ in advanced age. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile vii. 167 The mountains here recede so far as to be almost out of sight. 1952 W. J. Miller Introd. Hist. Geol. (ed. 6) xxv. 517 Neanderthal men... The jaws were protrusive to the verge of snoutiness; the chin receded practically to a vanishing point. 1988 M. Hocking Irrelevant Woman (1989) viii. 111 A flight of stairs receded into what had been the private part of the house. 2004 H. B. Ostler et al. Dis. of Eye & Skin x. 91/1 The upper lip is long, and both lips are thin; the angles of the mouth turn down; the chin recedes. c. intransitive. To be left at an increasing distance by an observer's motion. Now frequently with from, into. ΚΠ 1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. p. xxxv Both Land and Towns receded when we left our port. 1819 P. B. Shelley Lines Euganean Hills in Rosalind & Helen 70 The dim low line..Of a dark and distant shore Still recedes. 1868 Queen Victoria Jrnl. 26 As the fair shores of Scotland receded more and more from our view. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love ix. 123 They watched whilst the girls drew near, and whilst they passed, and whilst they receded down the dusty road. 1975 E. Dunlop Robinsheugh i. 1 The north-bound train swayed slowly out of King's Cross Station, and her mother's face, anxiously smiling, receded into a featureless dot far down the platform. 2005 A. I. Miller Empire of Stars v. 73 As the city of Bombay receded into the distance, perhaps he thought back over the achievements of his nineteen years of life. d. intransitive. Of a sound: to grow fainter, to fade. ΚΠ 1756 E. Moore Poems, Fables & Plays xv. 129 If once her feeble bark recede, Or deviate from the course decreed, In vain she seeks the friendless shore, Her swifter folly flies before. ?1795 A. Yearsley Elegy Marie Antoinette 6 The Tone of gentle Languishment recedes. 1872 Galaxy Jan. 118 He listened as the sound receded, dying away at length among the windings of the hill. 1939 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Jrnl. 20 Oct. 5/2 Then the propellor sounds receded. 1966 G. Greene Comedians i. iv. 104 We seemed to wait a long time before the sound of the engine passed the drive and receded. 2000 Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 31 Oct. 4 Then she heard what seemed like the sound of wings flapping—then the sound receded to silence and peace. e. intransitive. Of a man's hair: to cease to grow at the front and sides of the head, progressively revealing more of the scalp. Also of a hairline, or of a person having such a hairline. ΚΠ 1787 C. Dodd Curse of Sentiment I. Introd. p. xv His forehead high, from which his fine brown hair had much receded. 1845 C. F. Henningsen White Slave II. ix. 221 The baldness which his grey hair leaves as it recedes, gives to his forehead the appearance of being high and ample. 1935 G. Greene Eng. made Me ii. 77 Anthony saw how his hair receded at his temple, giving the impression of more brow than most men have. 1974 Times 4 May 7/3 The hairline had receded, the pug nose acquired a rubicund hue. 1990 J. Aiken Jane Fairfax iii. 42 His grey-brown hair had mostly receded, leaving him half-bald. 2000 M. Gayle Turning Thirty xv. 67 Although he was receding slightly at the temples he was still a long way from the Land of Wispy Strands. f. intransitive. Of an immaterial thing: to diminish in extent, power, or importance; to fade from notice or memory. Frequently with into. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] littleOE setc1000 wanzec1175 lessc1225 allayc1275 wane1297 slaken1303 disincreasec1374 slakec1380 decrease1382 debatea1400 unwaxa1400 wastea1400 adminishc1400 lessenc1400 imminish14.. aslakec1405 minish?a1425 assuagec1430 shrinkc1449 to let down1486 decay1489 diminish1520 fall1523 rebate1540 batea1542 to come down1548 abate1560 stoop1572 pine1580 slack1580 scanten1585 shrivel1588 decrew1596 remit1629 contract1648 subside1680 lower1697 relax1701 drop1730 to take off1776 to run down1792 reduce1798 recede1810 to run off1816 to go down1823 attenuatea1834 ease1876 downscale1945 1810 M. Wilks Hist. Sketches South of India I. i. 2 Wars, revolutions, and conquests seem to have followed each other, in a succession more strangely complex, rapid, and destructive, as the events more deeply recede into the gloom of antiquity. 1873 Brit. Q. Rev. 57 178 Expressing aphoristically the truth that all our knowledge recedes into mystery. 1929 R. Hughes High Wind in Jamaica x. 260 Once more a phase of their lives was receding into the past, and crystallising into myth. 1951 Internat. Affairs 27 415 As time passes on and events recede..the original over-dramatization of the story is qualified. 1998 S. Winchester Surgeon of Crowthorne i. 19 A profession that has long since receded from modern memory. 2007 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 98/3 The rumors of an outright affair were unsubstantiated and soon receded into dormancy. g. intransitive. Of a colour: to appear to be more distant than another in the same plane; to appear to move back or away. Cf. advance v. 10. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (intransitive)] > recede recede1859 1859 Photographic News 27 May 135/2 Have no crude blue, but rather let every object, every tint of colour intended to recede..be softened into a greyish hue. 1921 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 5 June 10/2 To begin with the walls, choose colors that recede. That is, any cool tone. 1935 A. H. Rutt Home Furnishing iv. 35 Advancing and receding qualities in colors are a reality, as psychologists have proved. The warm hues seem to advance and the cool ones to recede. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 152/1 The cool tints..tend to ‘recede’ and will give a feeling of space. 2007 Intelligencer Jrnl. (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 23 Jan. a 4 Line the lips, then color inside the lips with a brush. Dark colors recede, so use light colors and glosses to bring out the lips. 3. a. intransitive. To depart or withdraw from some usual or natural state, a standard, a principle, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action wanderc897 haltc900 flitc1175 misdrawc1300 err1303 convertc1374 foldc1380 stray1390 astray1393 swaver?a1400 to fall from ——a1425 recedec1450 depart1535 swervea1547 fag1555 flinch1578 exorbitate1600 extravagate1600 discoasta1677 tralineate1700 aberrate1749 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 243 (MED) Þou sulde titter hafe putt þi bodie in a hondreth fyris, þan for to recede away fro so provid a faithe. 1520 Chron. Eng. iii. f. 19/1 It is mervayle that suche men so excedynge in wyt..receded from the knowlege of the very god. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses 31 The Germaynes are thought to be so precise in obseruing one vniforme fashion in Apparell, as they haue neuer receeded from their first Original. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 301 They have bound themselves not to recede from those doctrines, how unmaintenable soever they be in themselves. 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 60 in Scepsis Scientifica By the instances alleg'd, he recedes from his Master Aristotle. 1702 Stubbs For God or Baal 17 The Brute..recedes not from the Directions of Instinct. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 194 We recede very widely from the intentions of Nature. 1830 Monthly Rev. Apr. 500 Britain..secure in her united strength, can never recede from her position as the first of nations. 1871 tr. E. Swedenborg New Jerusalem in Misc. Theol. Wks. ix. 93 None can profane..the holy things of the church and the Word, except those who first acknowledge..them, and afterwards recede from and deny their faith. 1914 Virginia Law Rev. 2 125 There is a tendency to recede from the doctrine that the separate and distinct entity of a corporation will avail to defeat any claim against such corporation. 1996 New Eng. Q. 69 70 Never once did Christ recede from his station as ‘Lord and Master’. b. intransitive. Of a thing: to differ or vary increasingly from something else. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)] diversec1384 discorda1387 swervea1400 differ?c1400 varyc1400 differencec1425 square?c1450 abhor1531 repugna1538 dissent1539 recede1570 discrepate1590 ablude1610 decline1615 to stand offa1616 particularize1637 distinguish1649 deviate1692 to stand apart1709 veer1796 to be a long way from1917 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 3/1 If they held any thyng which receaded from the fayth and rule of Christ. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. B2^v I sawe well that knowledge recedeth as farre from ignorance, as light doth from darknesse. View more context for this quotation 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxxvi. 2 Annot.) 429/1 Another possible notion of the word, and which recedes very little from this. 1724 A. Collins Disc. Grounds Christian Relig. 171 The Septuagint, which greatly receded from the Hebrew text, by its additions [etc.]. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. iv. iv. 144 Symbolic Writing, the more it receded from the Proper Hieroglyphic, the more it became obscure. 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. iii. 12 In paths now approaching to, now receding from, the elliptical form. 1840 J. S. Mill in London & Westm. Rev. Mar. 239 Wherever wisdom and contrivance are at all available, this..is the principle of guidance; and whatever anywhere exists is imperfect and a failure, just so far as it recedes from this type. 1946 A. K. Coomaraswamy Figures of Speech ii. 48 The more it recedes from this nature and is done into matter..the less it has of beauty. 4. †a. intransitive. To withdraw allegiance or adherence from a person. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > cast off allegiance or defect [verb (intransitive)] recede1520 defect1596 degenerate1602 to fall overa1616 to go over the wall1917 1520 Chron. Eng. iv. f. 33/1 Many kyngdoms, the whiche receded from all other Emperoures, wylfully to this man torned agayne. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 75 That neither he nor his sonne, should recede or disseuer from Pope Alexander, or from his Catholique successors. 1838 S. Turner Sacred Hist. (new ed.) III. xxxvi. 376 As some of these [angels]..threw off their allegiance and attachment to Him, so the human spirit..decidedly receded from Him and forsook Him, and set up other things in His stead. They preferred the molten calf. b. intransitive. To withdraw from a contract, agreement, or promise; to renege, recant, or back out. Chiefly with from. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > fail to observe [verb (intransitive)] to make (hold, pay, keep, yield or break) a vowc1290 to break dayc1300 faithc1410 swerve1527 to break touch1594 jeofail1599 recant1599 recede1648 discede1650 renege1651 shab1699 shaffle1781 weasel1956 1648 Duke of Hamilton in Hamilton Papers (1880) 154 They ar so far from receding from anie engagement to you. 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 184 If..the Buyer repents of his Bargain, so that he desires to recede, he shall loose what he gave. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. v, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 357 By receding from the offer which she made. 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) III. xxxix. 51 How could I recede from such an engagement? 1807 Deb. Congr. U.S. (1852) 651 Our committee recommended us to recede—to back out. 1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 437 There was a concluded contract from which neither party could recede. 1925 Times 28 May 8/2 While..joining in what my right hon. friend has said about having no desire to recede from the terms of the motion, [etc.]. 1949 Speculum 24 65 There will be a contract, affirmed by oath, from which the king cannot recede. 2005 C. A. Zimring Cash for your Trash iii. 62 E. S. Bowen..testified that Dringer made a bid of twenty-two dollars per ton for the wheels, [and] that he subsequently receded from the offer. c. intransitive. To withdraw or back down from a position, proposal, opinion, etc. Chiefly with from. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] to fall from ——a1425 waivec1450 forthink1483 to leave up1523 unresolve1608 startle1612 betray1614 recant1648 recede1650 to turn round1808 to unmake one's mind1848 unwill1871 1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. ix. 21 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) III. Not to make any ones opinion so magisteriall and binding, but that I might be at liberty to recede from it. 1716 London Gaz. No. 5447/2 The Deputies..thought fit to recede from the Objections. 1738 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) IV. 324 They hope the Governour would recede from this part of the Amendment. 1778 F. Burney Jrnl. 26 Mar. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. Fanny Burney (1994) 12 [I] can't recede,—you must tell Nobody,—or not hear it. 1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxiii. 233 Chilon, whose hopes were dashed by this failure, now only persevered because it was too late to recede. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. ii. 602 From this opinion some of the judges subsequently receded. 1904 Economist 19 Mar. 485/2 As it stands, it is the employers who have receded from a position which they were prepared to maintain to the bitter end. 1970 Congress. Rec. 16 Dec. 41975/3 The Senate receded on the first point, the House on the second. 1995 T. S. Bains & H. Johnston Four Quarters of Night vii. 95 I am thankful to Almighty that he receded from his intention and stepped back. 5. †a. transitive. To retract (a promise or proposal). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1390 replyc1425 renounce1446 renayc1450 unsay1483 manswear1502 to let loose1530 to call back1533 recant1534 retract1538 unswear1591 unwish1591 swallow1597 to take back1599 retractate1600 reclaim1615 unspeak1615 recede1655 renege1679 unnotify1738 unpronounce1745 withdraw1793 palinode1892 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 57 Rather willing to submit to the hazard of Lewes his breach of Faith, then to the blame of receding his own from pollicitation. b. transitive. To cause to move back or away. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > cause to move back [verb (transitive)] > move or draw something backwards shrinkc1275 withdrawa1325 retreata1460 retract?a1475 revokea1500 retray1562 revolt1571 back1578 return1594 inshella1616 recede1823 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 51 Introducing two lenses..and approaching or receding these by means of the slider. 2001 Village Voice (N.Y.) 25 Dec. 76/4 Hitch receded his actors behind a fussy clutter of monumentalized bric-a-brac. 6. a. intransitive. To go back or away in time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [verb (intransitive)] > go back in time recourse1561 to go back1587 to run up1609 to put (also set, turn, etc.) back the clock1623 recedea1681 amount1714 to put (also set, turn, etc.) the clock back1745 remount1777 mount1788 retrograde1797 to throw back1855 a1681 G. Wharton Mutations Empires in Wks. (1683) 135 Hence we recede to the 1574. Year before Christ, near unto which Moses was Born. 1788 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) iv. 107 And now to recede—I had just sent off my letter yesterday when Mrs Angelo call'd, as usual all life and spirits and full of news. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 660 From Green and Bewick..let us recede (in a chronological sense) to Hogarth. 1834 J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1864) II. 392 I shall endeavor to recede, in imagination, a century from the present time. 1939 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 80 165 If, however, we recede to the years before 432, we find according to Table VI that we could utilize July 29 in 436. 1995 J. Mehlman Geneal. of Time vii. 103 Let us recede to the period before that progress and consider a 1947 text by Paulhan. b. intransitive. To decline or fall, esp. in value. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (intransitive)] > decline in price or fall fall?1532 to come down1832 settle1868 sag1870 recede1883 shorten1884 ease1900 1782 J. Bowles Protest against T. Paine's ‘Rights of Man’ 22 Civilization, which had arrived at a high degree of perfection under the genial influence of settled government and certain laws, will recede much more rapidly than it had advanced. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. ix. 418 A nation that ceases to produce original and inventive minds..will recede from step to step. 1883 Daily News 7 Nov. 4/7 American prices were firm, but foreign Government stocks receded fractionally. 1921 Morning Herald (Uniontown, Pa.) 21 Feb. 12/1 (advt.) A thousand staple commodities may recede in price and be none the worse for the sacrifice. 1986 Times 26 Mar. 19/6 In dull builders, Crest Nicholson receded 8p to 158p. 2007 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 11 Jan. 23 As the economic value of wool recedes, black sheep such as the Zwartbles..are starting to get a look in. Derivatives reˈceded adj. ΚΠ 1808 Trans. Linn. Soc. 9 106 The figure referred to only represents the receded state of the animal previous to dissolution. 1909 M. B. Saunders Litany Lane i. vi. 69 Her attendant lady.., Augusta of the receded fringe. 2005 L. Gberie Dirty War West Afr. i. 10 State institutions had withered away, and much of the countryside remained beyond the writ of the receded state. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : re-cedev.² < n.1649v.¹1450 see also
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