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retrocede

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Definitions

  1. To grant back.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor
  • Hospitals retrenched in the '30s while the general practitioners retroceded into a bygone era.

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