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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, a. [L. retrogradus, from retrogradi,
     retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf.
     F. r['e]trograde. See Grade.]
     1. (Astron.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the
        succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a
        planet. --Hutton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And if he be in the west side in that condition,
              then is he retrograde.                --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Tending or moving backward; having a backward course;
        contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to
        progressive. ``Progressive and not retrograde.''
        --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It is most retrograde to our desire.  --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde
        people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retrograded; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Retrograding.] [L. retrogradare, retrogradi:
     cf. F. r['e]trograder.]
     1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to
        move, backward, as a planet.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as
        in morals or intelligence.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retrograded; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Retrograding.] [L. retrogradare, retrogradi:
     cf. F. r['e]trograder.]
     1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to
        move, backward, as a planet.
  
     2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as
        in morals or intelligence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, a. [L. retrogradus, from retrogradi,
     retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf.
     F. r['e]trograde. See Grade.]
     1. (Astron.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the
        succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a
        planet. --Hutton.
  
              And if he be in the west side in that condition,
              then is he retrograde.                --Chaucer.
  
     2. Tending or moving backward; having a backward course;
        contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to
        progressive. ``Progressive and not retrograde.''
        --Bacon.
  
              It is most retrograde to our desire.  --Shak.
  
     3. Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde
        people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc. --Bacon.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  retrograde
       adj 1: moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for
              planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to
              that of the Earth [ant: direct]
       2: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
          [ant: anterograde]
       3: going from better to worse [syn: retrogressive]
       4: moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or
          contrary to a previous direction [syn: retral]
       v 1: move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
       2: move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding
          planets"
       3: move back; "The glacier retrogrades" [syn: retreat]
       4: go back over; "retrograde arguments" [syn: rehash, hash
          over]
       5: get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition [syn:
          regress, retrogress] [ant: progress]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  retrograde
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: retrograd)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it retrogrado  f p)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  retrograde
     a.
     1 direct#Verb or move#Verb backwards in relation to the normal or
  previous direction of travel#Noun; retreating#Adjective.
     2 revert#Verb to an inferior#Adjective or less developed#Adjective
  state#Noun; declining#Adjective, regressing#Adjective.
     3 # (lb en zoology) Of an animal: appearing to regress#Verb to a less
  developed form#Noun during its lifetime.
     4 Of the order#Noun of something: inverse#Adjective,
  reverse#Adjective.
     5 # (lb en music) have#Verb a passage of music play#Verb backwards.
     6 Of ideas or a person: oppose social#Adjective reform#Noun,
  favour#Verb the maintenance of the status quo; conservative#Adjective.
     7 (lb en archaic)
     8 # involve a return#Noun to or a retracing#Noun of a previous
  course#Noun of travel.
     9 # counterproductive to a desired#Adjective outcome; contradictory,
  contrary.
     10 (lb en astronomy)
     11 # Of a celestial body orbit#Verb another: in the opposite
  direction to the orbited body's spin#Noun.
     12 # (lb en also astrology) Of a celestial body: seeming to move#Verb
  across the sky#Noun in the opposite direction from its ordinary
  movement.
     13 (lb en geology) Of a metamorphic change#Noun: result#Verb from a
  decrease#Noun in pressure#Noun or temperature.
     14 (lb en medicine) Of amnesia: relate to the period#Noun lead up to
  the episode which caused it.
     15 (lb en poetry archaic) Of verse#Noun: read#Verb the same forwards
  or backwards; palindromic.
     adv.
     In a reverse#Adjective direction; backwards.
     n.
     1 A movement backwards or opposite to the intended#Adjective or
  normal#Adjective motion#Noun.
     2 # (lb en astrology) The apparent movement of a planet across the
  sky#Noun in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
     3 One who oppose social#Adjective reform#Noun, favour#Verb the
  maintenance of the status quo; a conservative#Adjective.
     4 (lb en archaic) One who reneges on an agreement, or switch#Verb
  loyalty; a rebel#Noun, a renegade.
     5 (lb en music) The reversal of a melody so that what is play#Verb
  first in the original#Adjective melody is played last#Adjective, and
  what is played last in the original melody is played first.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # (lb en geography) To cause#Verb (a land#Noun feature#Noun such as
  a coastline or waterfall) to undergo retrogradation, that is, to
  travel#Verb in the direction of the land or upstream due to erosion.
     3 # (lb en geology) To change#Noun (mineral#Noun, rock#Noun, etc.)
  metamorphically through a decrease#Noun in pressure#Noun or temperature.
     4 # (lb en obsolete) To cause (someone or something) to revert#Verb
  to an inferior#Adjective or less developed#Adjective state#Noun.
     5 (lb en intransitive)
     6 # To revert to an inferior or less developed state; to
  decline#Adjective, to regress#Verb.
     7 # (lb en astrology astronomy) Of a celestial body, especially a
  planet: to show#Verb retrogradation; to seem to move#Verb across the
  sky#Noun in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.
     8 # (lb en geography) Of a land feature: to travel in the direction
  of the land or upstream due to erosion.
     9 # (lb en military) To retreat#Verb or withdraw from a
  position#Noun.
     10 # (lb en obsolete)
     11 ## To move#Verb backwards; to recede.
     12 ##* (quote-book en author=Joseph C. Neal chapter=The Moral of
  Goslyne Greene, who was Born to a Fortune title=The Gift: A Christmas,
  New Year, and Birthday Present location=Philadelphia, Pa.
  publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey%20&%20Hart year=1845
  page=68
  pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=iq8QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA68
  oclc=2914286 passage=A dabble in the stocks does not always turn out
  profitably; cotton is sometimes heavy on our hands, and real estate will
  sulkily '''retrograde''', when, by the calculation, it ought to have
  advanced.)
     13 ## Of the telling#Noun of an incident#Noun, etc.: to move to an
  early time#Noun.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  retrograde
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: retrograd)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it retrogrado  f p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  retrograde
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: retrograd)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it retrogrado  f p)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  retrograde
     Englanti a.
     1 takaperoinen, taantuva, taantumuksellinen
     2 (yhteys lääketiede tähtitiede k=en) retrogradinen

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  retrograde //ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ɡɹeɪd// //ˈɹɛtɹəˌɡɹeɪd// 
  ретрограден
  of a celestial body: seeming to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  retrograde //ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ɡɹeɪd// //ˈɹɛtɹəˌɡɹeɪd// 
  реакционер
  one who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  retrograde /ɹˌɛtɹəʊɡɹˈeɪd/ 
  retrográdní

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  retrograde /ɹˌɛtɹəʊɡɹˈeɪd/ 
  ustupovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  retrograde /ɹˌɛtɹəʊɡɹˈeɪd/ 
  zpátečnický