retrograde

i. & t. [Lat, retro grad i or; Fr. rétrograder.] [RETROGRADE, a.] A. Intransitive : To go or move backward; to decline. *B. Trans.: To cause to go or move backward. re-tro-grād-ing, pr . partic . or adj . [RETROGRADE, v .] re-tro-grād-Ing-ly, adv. [Eng. retrograding; -ly.] By retrograde motion. tre-tro-gre , subst. [RETROGRESSION.] Going backward; deterioration, decline. "Progre in bulk, complexity, or activity, involves re trogre in fertility."- H . Spencer, in Ann andale. re-tro-grěs-sion ( as sh), s . [Fr., as if from a Lat. retrogre io, from retrogre us , pa. par. of retro grad i or to retrograde (q. v.).] I. Ord . Lang .: The act or state of going or mov. ing backward. II. Technically : 2. Biol .: Retrograde metamorphosis (q. v.). re-tro-gre '-ive, a . [Fr. rétrogre if .] I. Lit .: Going or moving backward; retrograde. II. Fig .: Declining from a better to a worse state; re-tro-gre -Ive-lý, adv . [Eng. retrogre ive;