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Retrocede vs Retrocessive - What's the difference?

retrocede | retrocessive |

As a verb retrocede

is to grant back.

As an adjective retrocessive is

tending to retrocede; moving backward.

retrocede

English

Verb

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

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to retrocede; moving backward.

    • Derived terms

    * retrocessively