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De - Pt| English Dictionary: [retard] | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for [retard] | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Retard \Re*tard"\, v. i. To stay back. [Obs.] --Sir. T. Browne. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Retard \Re*tard"\, n. Retardation; delay. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Retard \Re*tard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retarding}.] [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- + tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F. retarder. See {Tardy}.] 1. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to {accelerate}. 2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations. Syn: To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay; procrastinate; postpone; defer. | |
