incede, v. rare.
(ɪnˈsiːd)
[ad. L. incēdĕre to go on, f. in- (in-2) + cēdĕre to go, depart: cf. recede, proceed.]
intr. To move on, advance; to move or march with measured or stately pace. Hence inˈceding ppl. a.; inˈcedingly adv. (often with allusion to Virgil, æn. 1. 46).
| 1669 Flamsteed in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 79 The stars will appear to incede nearly under the same angle and spots of the moon. 1686 Goad Celest. Bodies ii. i. 142 In his Retrocession, when direct he incedes above it. 1822 Blackw. Mag. XI. 459 The majestic inceding step of the English Muse, as exemplified by Shakespeare and Milton. 1853 C. Brontë Villette xxiii. (1863) 248 Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each mænad movement royally, imperially, incedingly upborne. |