Receded vs Seceded - What's the difference?
receded | seceded |
(recede)
To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
* Dryden
* Bentley
To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.
To take back.
(secede)
To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
* 2007,
(uncommon) To split or to withdraw one or more constituent entities from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
* 2002 , Darryl E. Brock, "José Agustín Quintero: Cuban Patriot in Confederate Diplomatic Service", Cubans in the Confederacy: José Agustín Quintero, Ambrosio José Gonzales, and Loreta Janeta Velazquez , Ed. Phillip Thomas Tucker, publ. McFarland, ISBN 9780786409761,
As verbs the difference between receded and seceded
is that receded is past tense of recede while seceded is past tense of secede.receded
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* *recede
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(reced)- Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from the instituted shore.
- All bodies moved circularly endeavour to recede from the center.
- to recede conquered territory
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* withdrawDerived terms
* recedingReferences
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* ----seceded
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(seced)Writers declare independence for Wirral., Wirral Globe, retrieved 11 July 2007.
- We can secede from the United Kingdom any time we want.
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- At the same time, Nolan also secretly contracted with the crafty United States Army general James Wilkinson to organize some men to secede Texas from Spanish America.