Ultimately fromLatinretrōcēdere, fromretrō-(“back,backward”) +cēdere(“togo,go back,give,return, etc.”). Equivalent toretro- +‎cede.

retrocede (third-person singular simple presentretrocedes,present participleretroceding,simple past and past participleretroceded)

1. (transitive) Tograntback.

   toretrocede a territory to a former proprietor

2. (intransitive) To go back.
   • 1994, David F Drake,Reforming the health care market: an interpretive economic history:

     Hospitals retrenched in the '30s while the general practitionersretroceded into a bygone era.

• IPA^(key): /re.troˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
• Rhymes:-ɛde
• Hyphenation:re‧tro‧cè‧de

retrocede

1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofretrocedere

• decorrete,decreterò,detorcere

retrōcēde

1. second-personsingularpresentactiveimperative ofretrōcēdō

retrocede

1. inflection ofretroceder:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

retrocede

1. inflection ofretroceder:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

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