Twain arranges the story “Life on the Mississippi” in a biographical order.
“Life on the Mississippi” recounts the life of Mark Twain when he was a steamboat operator on the Mississippi River. The memoir also gives us a glimpse of how society lived during that era.
To use your example, cede does mean to go. However, "recede" means to draw back or go back. Think of an ocean. What does the tide do at certain times? It recedes!
So re- is the best answer.
Answer:
“Nemo me impune lacessit.” means "NO one provokes me with impunity."
