单词 | receder |
释义 | recedern. A person who recedes (in various senses). ΚΠ 1680 R. L'Estrange Compend. Hist. 174 Nor did these their succeeding Disciples, shew themselves such mild Receders from their Principles. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxvii. 160 Do I what, Madam?—And why vile man?..O the sweet receder! 1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher II. 136 The mob accompanied us to the prison,..gradually becoming silent, with the exception of a few voices now and then, I suppose of the receders. 1910 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 29 Jan. 6/5 The Weavers' union is a receder from the United Textile Workers and..is not eligible to membership in the Central Labor union. 2002 W. McCarthy & E. Kraft Anna Letitia Barbauld Introd. 14 During the eighteenth century many Presbyterians receded from these doctrines (‘gloomy’ doctrines, as the receders were apt to call them). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1680 |
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