retrocede

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To grant back. transitive
    — to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor
  2. To go back. intransitive
    — Hospitals retrenched in the '30s while the general practitioners retroceded into a bygone era.

词形变化

retrocedes present,singular,third-person retroceding participle,present retroceded participle,past retroceded past

词源

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