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.
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.
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.
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.
