retrocede
1 Americanverb (used without object)
verb
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(tr) to give back; return
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(intr) to go back or retire; recede
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of retrocede1
1645–55; < Latin retrōcēdere to go back, retire, equivalent to retrō- retro- + cēdere to go, move; see cede
Origin of retrocede2
Example Sentences
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By a treaty of October 1, 1800, he compelled Spain to retrocede the former French province in return for a promise to establish a kingdom of "Etruria" for a Spanish prince.
From The Wars Between England and America by Smith, T. C.
It must have felt that fervid call Although it took no heed, Waking but now, when leaves like corpses fall, And saps all retrocede.
From Poems of the Past and the Present by Hardy, Thomas
In these circumstances the Italian Government offered, at a convenient opportunity, to retrocede Kassala to Egypt.
From The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan by Churchill, Winston
I felt begin The Judgment-Day: to retrocede Was too late now.
From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald
Napoleon had conceded Hanover to Prussia as the price of peace; he was ready to retrocede it to England, free to indemnify Prussia at the expense of Germany.
From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by Guizot, M. (François)
The political face of the D.C. quilt depicts the city’s diamond shape, minus the chunk that was retroceded to Virginia, and two sets of stars, echoing both the U.S. and D.C. flags.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2021
What is now mostly Alexandria, Va. was retroceded to the commonwealth and ultimately accepted in 1847.
From Fox News ● Jun. 29, 2020
“In the 1800s, when Virginia retroceded the land back from the Federal City, the Boundary Stones on the Virginia side” became the property of the landowner, Anderson said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 15, 2018
Unless they are part of retroceded Virginia, wherein homeowners own the land.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 15, 2018
By an article of the secret treaty of San Ildefonso, in October, 1800, Spain retroceded Louisiana to France; yet this treaty was not promulgated till the beginning of 1802.
From History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 by Mayer, Brantz
He says they have sacrificed all who assisted us, and that the difficulty in retroceding the Tenasserim provinces would be to know what to do with the 35,000 people who have sought our protection.
From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of
The work of regeneration appears to be arrested or retroceding.
From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry
They have long hands and feet, legs thin, and the os coxigis retroceding.
From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette
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