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Definition of Recedes
1. recede [v] - See also: recede
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recedes
Literary usage of Recedes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1837)
"Frequently it is observed that the dimensions of the comet contract a little as
it approaches the sun and dilate as it recedes again. ..."
2. A System of medicine v. 2, 1868 by John Russell Reynolds (1877)
"... like that of the mitral valve, takes a direction from right to left ; but
while the apparatus of the mitral valve concentrates itself as it recedes from ..."
3. The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces by John Marshall (1804)
"Circular letter of the earl qf Hillsborough....New York recedes in part from the
non-importation agreement.... The example generally followed. ..."
4. Among the Isles of Shoals by Celia Thaxter (1873)
"... but from this nearest point the coast-line recedes gradually, in dim and dimmer
distance, to Cape Ann, in Massachusetts, twenty-one, miles away at the ..."
5. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"... Finally recedes from the Amendment in Order to Save the Appropriation Bill —
Loss of Millions of Dollars to the Government — Cleveland Again Inducted ..."
6. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"The conflict recedes, and I presume he is driving the enemy back. Mr. Foote intimates
that the President will not return to Richmond, and did not intend to ..."
7. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"... Transaction—Proceedings of French Government after sending away Marshall and
Pinckney— Talleyrand's Pacific Overtures—As he advances Gerry recedes—Their ..."
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