RETROGRADE
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Re"tro*grade (?), a. [L. retrogradus, from retrogradi, retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F. rétrograde. 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.
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And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is he retrograde.
Chaucer.
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2. Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive. “Progressive and not retrograde.” Bacon.
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It is most retrograde to our desire.
Shak.
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3. Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc. Bacon.
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Re"tro*grade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retrograded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Retrograding.] [L. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. rétrograder.] 1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.
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2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
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