retrograde
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Is retrograde a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. Reverting to an inferior or less developed state; declining, regressing.
2. Of the order of something: inverse, reverse.
3. (archaic)archaic
4. (archaic)Examples: "In going back to school in Wittenberg, / It is most retrograde to our desire: / And we beseech you, bend you to remain"archaic
5. (astronomy)Antonyms: direct, prograde
6. (astronomy)Examples: "Mercury retrograde"; "The inauspicious connotations of Mercury retrograde are actually quite old, evidenced in an ancient branch of astrology known as horary astrology."alsooftenpostpositional
noun (English)
1. A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.
2. (archaic) One who reneges on an agreement, or switches loyalties; a rebel, a renegade.archaic
3. (music) The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last, and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
verb (English)
1. (transitive)transitive
2. (transitive)transitive
3. (transitive)obsoletetransitive
4. (intransitive)Examples: "[…] Monna Brigida, who had retrograded to false hair in Romola's absence, but now drew it off again and declared she would not mind being gray, if her dear child would stay with her."intransitive
5. (intransitive)intransitive
6. (intransitive)intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary