retrocede

¹ American  

[re-truh-seed] / ˌrɛ trəˈsid /

verb (used without object)

retroceded, retroceding

1. to go back; recede; retire.

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retrocede ² American  

[re-truh-seed] / ˌrɛ trəˈsid /

verb (used with object)

retroceded, retroceding

1. to cede back.

   to retrocede a territory.

2. Insurance. (of a reinsurance company) to cede (all or part of a reinsured risk) to another reinsurance company.

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retrocede British  

/ ˌrɛtrəʊˈsiːd, ˌrɛtrəʊˈsɛʃən /

verb

1. (tr) to give back; return

2. (intr) to go back or retire; recede

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Other Word Forms

• retrocedence noun
• retrocession noun
• retrocessive adjective

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

First recorded in 1810–20; retro- + cede

Example Sentences

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

Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, proposed to retrocede to the seceding states, the property of the United States.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John

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)

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.

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