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retrocede en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To grant back.
   • to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor
2. (intransitive) To go back.
   • Hospitals retrenched in the '30s while the general practitioners retroceded into a bygone era. 1994, David F Drake, Reforming the health care market: an interpretive economic history:

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