| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| retrocede |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ret·ro·cede |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r t r -s d |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: ret·ro·ced·ed, ret·ro·ced·ing, ret·ro·cedes
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To go back; recede. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To cede or give back (a territory, for example); return. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin retrcdere : retr-, retro- + cdere, to go; see ked- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | retro·cession (-ssh n) —NOUN
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