Sentence example with the word 'retrocede'

retrocede

back, die away, ebb, fall back, go away, lapse, move off, recidivate, retract, retrogress, revert, stand off

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Within three years of his accession he compelled the Muscovites (Treaty of Polyankova, May 28, 1634) to retrocede Smolensk and the eastern provinces lost by Sigismund II., overawed the Porte by a military demonstration in October of the same year, and, by the Truce of Stumdorf (Sept.   [Please select]

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For her, the worst of all fates had occurred: Winona had retroceded, gone back and given up the struggle, overcome.   [Please select]

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