2. The state of being retrograde; decline.
Retrograde
(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.
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.
Retrograde
(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.
2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
Retrogradingly
(Re"tro*gra`ding*ly) adv. By retrograding; so as to retrograde.
Retrogress
(Re"tro*gress) n. [Cf. L. retrogressus.] Retrogression. [R.] H. Spenser.
Retrogression
(Re`tro*gres"sion) n. [Cf. F. rétrogression. See Retrograde, and cf. Digression.]
1. The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.
2. (Biol.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure,
as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from
its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.
Retrogressive
(Re`tro*gres"sive), a. [Cf. F. rétrogressif.]
1. Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
2. (Biol.) Passing from a higher to a lower condition; declining from a more perfect state of organization; regressive.
Retrogressively
(Re`tro*gres"sive*ly), adv. In a retrogressive manner.
Retromingency
(Re`tro*min"gen*cy) n. The quality or state of being retromingent. Sir T. Browne.
Retromingent
(Re`tro*min"gent) a. [Pref. retro- + L. mingens, p. pr. of mingere to urinate.] Organized
so as to discharge the urine backward. — n. (Zoöl.) An animal that discharges its urine backward.
Retropulsive
(Re`tro*pul"sive) a. [Pref. retro- + L. pellere, pulsum, to impel.] Driving back; repelling.
Retrorse
(Re*trorse") a. [L. retrorsus, retroversus; retro back + vertere, versum, to turn. Cf. Retrovert.]
Bent backward or downward. — Re*trorse"ly, adv.
