elevate vs recede

elevate

verb
  • To confer honor or nobility on (someone). 

  • To raise (something) to a higher position. 

  • To direct (the mind, thoughts, etc.) toward more worthy things. 

  • To promote (someone) to a higher rank. 

  • To make (something or someone) more worthy or of greater value. 

  • To increase the intensity or degree of (something). 

recede

verb
  • To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor. 

  • To take back. 

  • To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. 

How often have the words elevate and recede occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )