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retrocedes

retrocedes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retrocede.

Meaning of retrocede

Verb

retrocede (third-person singular simple present retrocedes, present participle retroceding, simple past and past participle retroceded)

  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

Questions about retrocedes

What is retrocedes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Retrocedes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retrocede.

Words near retrocedes in the dictionary

  1. retrocede
  2. retroceded
  3. retrocedence
  4. retrocedences
  5. retrocedent
  6. retrocedes
  7. retroceding
  8. retrocerebellar
  9. retrocerebral
  10. retrocervical
  11. retrocervix

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