[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

recede \recede"\ r-es=ed", v. i. imp.  p. p.
   receded; p. pr.  vb. n. receding. l. recedere,
   recessum; pref. re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: cf. f.
   rec'eder. see cede.
   1. to move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
      1913 webster

            like the hollow roar
            of tides receding from the insulted shore. --dryden.
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            all bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from
            the center.                           --bentley.
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   2. to withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to
      relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to
      recede from a demand or proposition.
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   syn: to retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw;
        desist.
        1913 webster
see also:
receded receding cede 

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