v. i.
Like the hollow roar
Of tides receding from the insulted shore. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from the center. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. re- + cede. Cf. Recede, v. i. ] To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor;