Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RET-RO-CEDE
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RET-RO-CEDE, v.t. [L. retro, back, and cedo, to give; Fr. retroceder.]
To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.
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