Verb (used with object), : to retrocede a territory. From Dictionary.com.
Maryland can retrocede their portion and gain an additional House member. From Wordnik.com. [I don't know how even to articulate an argument that it's constitutional to give a vote to a D.C. representative in the House.] Reference
It is impossible to make a people retrocede when it has advanced as ours has. From Wordnik.com. [SPEECH AT EDUCATION COUNCIL MEETING] Reference
However, the right thing to do would be to retrocede the non-enclave territory to Maryland. From Wordnik.com. [A vote for retrocession] Reference
Make them a state, retrocede them to Maryland, or amend the Constitution for some other solution. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Debate Roundup] Reference
Bern was obliged, under pressure from the Spanish power in Italy, to retrocede Gex and Chablais to Savoy. From Wordnik.com. [1564] Reference
Indeed, I would be happy to retrocede DC back into Maryland, just like Arlington long ago returned to Virginia. From Wordnik.com. [Let DC Vote] Reference
I support a plan that would take the residential areas and retrocede them back into potentially the state of Maryland. From Wordnik.com. [Freshman from Utah is making a name for himself] Reference
In return for French neutrality, Austria promised to cede Venetia to Napoleon (who was to retrocede it to Italy), whether Austria won or lost the war. From Wordnik.com. [1866, April 8] Reference
By a treaty of October 1, 1800, he compelled Spain to retrocede the former French province in return for a promise to establish a kingdom of "Etruria" for a Spanish prince. From Wordnik.com. [The Wars Between England and America] Reference
Later, Congress agreed to retrocede the portion of the District south of the Potomac to Virginia, but the man-made southeast, northeast and northwest borders with Maryland remained. From Wordnik.com. [District streets that border states create jurisdictional confusion] Reference
Maryland can't retrocede their portion of the district - they already ceded it and it's now in the posession of the feds, so the right of retrocession belongs to the federal government. From Wordnik.com. [I don't know how even to articulate an argument that it's constitutional to give a vote to a D.C. representative in the House.] Reference
If Congress decides to retrocede some or all of the district to the donor state, it's not clear to me that the donor state can decline, and it's abundantly clear that Congress can coerce them to. From Wordnik.com. [I don't know how even to articulate an argument that it's constitutional to give a vote to a D.C. representative in the House.] Reference
Un error al registrar un SPN puede producir la autenticación integrada se retrocede a NTLM en lugar de Kerberos. From Wordnik.com. [TechNet Blogs] Reference
In these circumstances the Italian Government offered, at a convenient opportunity, to retrocede Kassala to Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan] Reference
America, had now (October 1, 1800) obliged Spain to retrocede to him; but of which he had not thus far taken formal possession. From Wordnik.com. [Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806] Reference
If that was too politically thorny you could retrocede that portion into Virginia or Maryland, and create the same federal district. From Wordnik.com. [D-Day] Reference
Domingo as the first step in the development of a colonial empire which he determined upon when he forced Spain to retrocede Louisiana to. From Wordnik.com. [From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy] Reference
Napoleon had conceded Hanover to Prussia as the price of peace; he was ready to retrocede it to England, free to indemnify Prussia at the expense of Germany. From Wordnik.com. [World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France] Reference
By the Treaty of Portsmouth both Russia and Japan agreed to evacuate simultaneously Manchuria, with the exception of the portion of the Liao-tung peninsula leased to Russia and surrendered to Japan, and to retrocede the administration of the province to China. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
The British Government, finding the newly annexed territory of little value and desiring in view of European complications and the enormous costs of Kafir wars to limit its responsibilities in South Africa, soon determined to retrocede their country to the Boers; thus at a convention held in Bloemfontaine on 23 February, 1854, Sir George. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference
It didn’t require a constitutional amendment to retrocede Arlington and Alexandria to Virginia. From Wordnik.com. [One of the Few Things I’m With the White House On « Whatever] Reference
Tiembla y horrorizado retrocede. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Spanish Lyrics] Reference
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