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Verb: precess  pree'ses [N. Amer], pri'ses [Brit]
  1. Move in a gyrating fashion
    "the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied"

Derived forms: precessing, precessed, precesses

Type of: go, locomote, move, travel

Encyclopedia: Precess

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