retrocede

See also: rétrocédé, retrocedé, and rétrocède

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin retrōcēdere, from retrō- (“back, backward”) + cēdere (“to go, go back, give, return, etc.”). Equivalent to retro- +‎ cede.

Verb

retrocede (third-person singular simple present retrocedes, present participle retroceding, simple past and past participle retroceded)

1. (transitive) To grant back.

   to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor

2. (intransitive) To go back.
   • 1994, David F Drake, Reforming the health care market: an interpretive economic history:

     Hospitals retrenched in the '30s while the general practitioners retroceded into a bygone era.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.troˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛde
• Hyphenation: re‧tro‧cè‧de

Verb

retrocede

1. third-person singular present indicative of retrocedere

Anagrams

• decorrete, decreterò, detorcere

Latin

Verb

retrōcēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of retrōcēdō

Portuguese

Verb

retrocede

1. inflection of retroceder:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

retrocede

1. inflection of retroceder:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative