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Definition of Retrocede
1. v. t. To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.
2. v. i. To go back.
Definition of Retrocede
1. Verb. (transitive) To grant back. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To go back. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retrocede
1. [v -CEDED, -CEDING, -CEDES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrocede
Literary usage of Retrocede
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, from the Accession by United States President, United States Dept. of State (1819)
"But it was, no doubt, the intention of the parties that the expression retrocede,
which has given name to the treaty and serves to express the principal ..."
2. The American Register, Or, Summary Review of History, Politics, and Literature by Robert Walsh (1817)
"We need look no further for the meaning of the word retrocede. This country had
once been ceded to Spain, and although she was not put in entire possession, ..."
3. The Diplomacy of the United States: Being an Account of the Foreign by Theodore Lyman (1828)
"His Catholic Majesty promises and engages on his part to retrocede to the French
... Spain could, therefore, never give back or retrocede to France, ..."
4. The Legal News by James Kirby (1891)
"... to retrocede— Tender Not Followed by Consignation— Right to Revenues of Property.
... if the purchaser refuses to retrocede, although the result of the ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1871)
"Recede, retrocede, fall back, beat a retreat, sound a retreat, take the back track.
... Retrograde, vn retrocede, recede, retire, go or move backward, ..."
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