Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A collection of writings; a book or pamphlet.
- noun An obsolete form of
recoil .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To recoil.
- noun obsolete Recoil.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
recoil .
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Examples
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Mon centre cède, ma droite recule, situation excellente, j'attaque.
Time to Get A Grip 2007
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Mon centre cède, ma droite recule, situation excellente, j'attaque.
Archive 2007-07-29 2007
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Je deteste ca qu'on avance et recule l'heure toutes les 5 minutes!!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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Au final apres une discussion sur la jeunesse, elle m'a regardé et elle m'a dit en gros qu'a l'age que j'avais il etait impressionnant d'avoir un tel recule et une telle analyse sur la vie et que ce qui n'allait peut-etre pas chez moi c qu'a cause de cette maturité j'ai toujours ete en decalage avec tout l'monde et ce depuis toujours.
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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Thither came the earl Moray with his banner well accompanied, and also the earl de la March and of Dunbar, and when they saw the Englishmen recule and their company assembled together, they renewed again the battle and gave many hard and sad strokes.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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La pensée entièrement absorbée par son travail, il oublie sa position, le petit espace où il est resserré, et il recule de quelques pas pour mieux juger de l'effet de son oeuvre.
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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"Crabs" (which were often confounded with lobsters) "when they will be afraid, will recule backward, as fast as they went forward."
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When the Scots saw the Englishmen recule and that they should have no battle, they went to their lodgings and made merry, and then ordained to depart from thence.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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Thither came the earl Moray with his banner well accompanied, and also the earl de la March and of Dunbar, and when they saw the Englishmen recule and their company assembled together, they renewed again the battle and gave many hard and sad strokes.
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When the Scots saw the Englishmen recule and that they should have no battle, they went to their lodgings and made merry, and then ordained to depart from thence.
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