Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - retrograde
Retrograde
retrograde
adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 directed backwards; retreating. 2 reverting esp. to an inferior state; declining. 3 inverse, reversed (in retrograde order). 4 Astron. in or showing retrogradation. --n. a degenerate person. --v.intr. 1 move backwards; recede, retire. 2 decline, revert. 3 Astron. show retrogradation. Derivatives retrogradely adv. Etymology: ME f. L retrogradus (as RETRO-, gradus step, gradi walk)
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin retrogradus, from retrogradi Date: 14th century 1. a. having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars , having or being a direction of rotation or revolution that is clockwise as viewed from the north pole of the sky or a planet , b. moving, occurring, or performed in a backward direction , occurring or performed in a direction opposite to the normal or forward direction of conduction or flow , contrary to the normal order ; inverse, tending toward or resulting in a worse or previous state, contradictory, opposed, characterized by retrogression, affecting memories of a period prior to a shock or seizure , retro , ~ly adverb II. adverb Date: circa 1619 backward, reversely, III. verb see: grade Date: 1582 transitive verb to turn back ; reverse, intransitive verb 1. to go back ; retreat, to go back over or recapitulate something, to decline to a worse condition ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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