Retrograde: alternatives and connections

Alt. of Backwards

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Alt. of Backwards

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Passing back; returning.

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Passing back; returning.

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To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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Gone.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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A blank window or panel.

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The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

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To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate i…

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To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

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To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

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To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.

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To labor; to travail.

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To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

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To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

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The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".

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To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments.

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The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

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Retrogression.

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Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.

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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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