1714 D. Turner De Morbis Cutaneis viii. 73 The greatest Danger is from the retroceding of the Venome back again to the Blood.

1863 Photogr. News 20 Mar. 136/1 It will doubtless appear to many of you a retroceding, on my part, in entering into a subject with which all of you are supposed to be familiar.

1889 19th Cent. May 677 The Government..would have avoided the constant retroceding in obedience to the demands of a foreign spiritual potentate.

1911 Classical Rev. 25 250 One chief reason of the retroceding of the Classics in education is the shrinking in the number of candidates for the ministry.

1986 J. H. Grainger Patriotisms ix. 159 They approved the retroceding of Ionian Islands and the chastening of Majuba.

1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova II. ii. xv. 357 These retroceding particles, as they come out, give entrance to other air.

1744 Med. Ess. & Observ. (Philos. Soc. Edinb.) V. ii. xlviii. 542 A retroceding external Ill often excites a formidable Fever.

1799 H. Jones Belmont Lodge I. vii. 85 An involuntary sigh would frequently recal the retroceding tear.

1833 C. Scudamore Further Exam. Princ. Treatm. Gout (ed. 2) 20 In retroceding gout, bleeding, or warm cathartics, cordials, and blisters to the extremities.

1885 Q. Rev. Oct. 539 The miserable Transvaal concession, which eventually forced the retroceding Government to send out to South Africa an expedition.

1935 Biometrika 27 439 We notice failure of homology in the face far more than in the case of the retroceding calvaria.

1999 E. P. Nash Manhattan Skyscrapers 109 The copycat quality of the buildings actually adds a pleasing architectural unity to the area, with its broad, plaza-like sidewalks and retroceding glass boxes.