A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…
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To turn back.
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A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…
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To backslide; to fall again.
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To cover again.
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To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
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The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".
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To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.
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To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
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Retrogression.
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Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.
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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…
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The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".
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To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
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To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
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