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Latin
Etymology
From abs- (“from, away from”) + cēdō (“move, walk; withdraw; yield”).
Pronunciation
Verb
abscēdō (present infinitive abscēdere, perfect active abscessī, supine abscessum); third conjugation
- to go off or away, depart
- to disappear, withdraw
- to recede, retreat
- (military) to withdraw (from combat, a siege); march off, depart, retire
27 BCE – 25 BCE,
Titus Livius,
Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
- The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.
- (figuratively) to leave off, desist
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Descendants
References
- “abscedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “abscedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- abscedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
abscedo
- first-person singular present indicative of absceder
Spanish
Verb
abscedo
- first-person singular present indicative of absceder