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▪ I. ˈretrogress, n. rare.
[ad. L. retrōgress-us: see next.]
A retrogression.
1814Coleridge in Cottle Early Recoll. (1837) II. 164 After a sad retrogress of nearly twelve years. 1867Spencer Princ. Biol. vi. iii. II. 410 Progress in bulk, complexity, or activity involves retrogress in fertility.
▪ II. retrogress, v.|ˈriːtrəʊ-, ˈrɛtrəʊgrɛs|
[f. L. retrōgress-, ppl. stem of retrōgradī to retrograde.]
intr. To move backwards; to go back.
1819H. Busk Vestriad iv. 21 Night retrogressing from her daily tour. 1861J. Nichol in Memoir (1896) 32, I am retrogressing into a period which we have closed. 1882Farrar Early Chr. I. 439 This was the system..to which some of them were even tempted to apostatise or retrogress! |