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recedes

VERB

withdraw; diminish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abate decrease diminish dwindle ebb fade fall back lessen reduce retreat shrink sink subside taper wane

STRONG

back close decline depart drop regress retire retract retrograde retrogress return

WEAK

die off drain away draw back flow back go away go back retrocede

Antonyms

STRONGEST

develop enhance enlarge expand extend face forge grow increase meet prolong raise rise strengthen

STRONG

ascend begin continue enter

WEAK

advance forward

Example Sentences

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They replied, "This is the rightest of redes; moreover the Youth, a fair and a pleasant, becometh her well and she likewise besitteth him; and their lot is a wondrous."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

And most of the newer redes are pretty dull.

From The Lani People by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)

"Nay," said Grettir, "but I guess that the accursed hag, thy foster-mother, showed it thee, for in her redes must thou needs have trusted."

From The Story of Grettir the Strong by Morris, William

He redes you rightly, / this keen minstrel knight.

From The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original by Needler, George Henry

Shortly this new queen began meddling in the affairs of the government, and it soon turned out that she was spoiling everything by her redes, whenever she had the chance.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir