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Definition of Receding

1. Adjective. (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back.

2. Noun. A slow or gradual disappearance.

3. Noun. The act of becoming more distant.

Definition of Receding

1. Verb. (present participle of recede) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Receding

1. recede [v] - See also: recede

Lexicographical Neighbors of Receding

recce'd recced recceed recceing recces reccheles reccied reccies recco reccos

reccy reccying recede receded recedes receding (current term) receding(a) recedingly receed receipt

receipted receipting receiptless receiptor receiptors receipts receit receiue receiued receiv'd

Literary usage of Receding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"The frontier was receding ^ast receding to the Pamunkey region frontier. &\ong tlie jine jo;ning the site of West Point with that of Cold Harbor; ..."

2. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1900)
"The first backward step of the Indian before the encroaching progress of Englishmen receding niid been taken. The frontier was fast receding to frontier tne ..."

3. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"The frontier was receding ^ast receding to the Pamunkey region frontier. al()Jlg the J^ joining the site of West Point with that of Cold Harbor; ..."

4. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"The frontier was receding fast receding to the Pamunkey region frontier. along ^ line joining the site of West Point with that of Cold Harbor; and from that ..."

5. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"The first backward step of the Indian before the encroaching progress receding of Englishmen had been taken. The frontier was fast receding to the Pa- ..."

6. The Law of Operations Preliminary to Construction in Engineering and by John Cassan Wait (1900)
"receding of Waters of Lakes and Ponds.—This topic is usually considered in the larger treatises on real property under the head of accretion. ..."

7. The Lancet (1842)
"... the low character and tendency are proportionally receding out of view. INCIPIENT PHTHISIS. I hare repeatedly brought under your notice the symptoms of ..."

8. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"... out and in, of manoeuvres the most intricate, dances the most elaborate, receding or approaching, round my great central sun of opium. ..."

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