recede
/ɹɪˈsiːd/ verbe C1En français : reculer, se retirer
- To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
- To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor. · to recede conquered territory
- To take back.
He/she/it recedes · Prétérit receded · Participe passé receded · Forme en -ing receding
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- recede
- He/she/it
- recedes
- Prétérit
- receded
- Participe passé
- receded
- Forme en -ing
- receding
Dans la bibliothèque
He then endeavored to re-enter the marvellous grottos, but they had suddenly receded, and now the path became a labyrinth, and then the entrance vanished, and in vain did he tax his memory for the magic and mysterious word which opened the splendid caverns of Ali Baba to the Arabian fisherman.
So extreme was the surprise of the sailor, that he was unable even to thank Edmond, whose receding figure he continued to gaze after in speechless astonishment.
But do not deceive yourself into a belief that I will ever recede.
“How comes it that all do not retreat in aversion at sight of that flat, receding, serpent-like forehead, round, vulture-shaped head, and sharp-hooked nose, like the beak of a buzzard?
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