retrograde : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: retrograde	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retrograde adj moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth Antonym(s): direct of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma Antonym(s): anterograde going from better to worse Synonym(s): retrograde, retrogressive moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction Synonym(s): retral, retrograde v move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets" move back; "The glacier retrogrades" Synonym(s): retrograde, retreat go back over; "retrograde arguments" Synonym(s): retrograde, rehash, hash over get worse or fall back to a previous condition Synonym(s): regress, retrograde, retrogress Antonym(s): advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retrograde \Re"trograde\, a. [L. retrogradus, from retrogradi, retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F. r[82]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}. [bd]Progressive and not retrograde.[b8] --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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retrograde \Re"trograde\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retrograded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retrograding}.] [L. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. r[82]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.