Middle English Dictionary Entry
recēden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | recēden v. |
| Etymology | L recēdere & OF receder. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To depart, go away; ~ awei.
Associated quotations
- (1450) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3211 : Yf yt be falle one of them to be myseavysyd in word or dede, that then the odyr fellawe to suffure hym, and to recede and departe frome hys presence for that tyme.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)80/29 : Onone þis temptacion recedid away and he had it nevur after.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)107/10 : Putt in þi thoght þe bitternes of dede..and onone þies evill þoghtis sall recede away fro the.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)243/4 : Þou sulde titter hafe putt þi bodie in a hondreth fyris, þan for to recede away fro so provid a faithe.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)324/5 : One of þaim wakend hym & said þe peple recedid away.
- (1452) MSS Beverley in HMC36 : [A record of a] servand recedid out of his service.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.59 : The occean compassethe the erthe in the maner of a cercle, foldenge abowte the regiones of londes, commethe to, and recedethe [L recedit].