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.
Re*tard", v. i. To stay back.
[Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.
Re*tard", n. Retardation;
delay.
Retard, or Age, of the tide,
the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide
originates and the appearance of the tide itself. It is found, in
general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's
transit immediately proceeding, but to a transit which has occured
some time before, and which is said to correspond to it. The retard
of the tide is thus distinguished from the lunitidal
interval. See under Retardation. Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
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.
Re*tard", v. i. To stay back.
[Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.
Re*tard", n. Retardation;
delay.
Retard, or Age, of the tide,
the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide
originates and the appearance of the tide itself. It is found, in
general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's
transit immediately proceeding, but to a transit which has occured
some time before, and which is said to correspond to it. The retard
of the tide is thus distinguished from the lunitidal
interval. See under Retardation. Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
