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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of recēdō.
Participle
recēdēns (genitive recēdentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- receding
- retreating
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- recedens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the alternation of tides: aestus maritimi mutuo accedentes et recedentes (N. D. 2. 53. 132)