Category:Retrograde

Re"tro*grade, a. Etym: [l. retrogradus, from retrogradi, Retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F. Rétrograde. See grade.]

1. (astron.)

Defn: apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of The signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. Hutton. And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is he Retrograde. Chaucer.

2. Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; As, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to ant: progressive. "progressive And not retrograde." Bacon. It is most retrograde to our desire. Shak.

3. Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; Retrograde ideas, morals, etc. Bacon.

Retrograde Re"tro*grade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retrograded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrograding.] Etym: [l. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. Rétrograder.]

1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, Backward, as a planet.

2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals Or intelligence.