单词 | regrede |
释义 | regredev. Now rare. intransitive. To go back; spec. = regress v. 1a. Cf. regrade v.2 ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] reversec1450 recoil1483 back1486 regressa1525 retire1542 flinch1578 retrograde1613 recur1616 retrocede1638 ravel1656 backen1748 regrede1800 regrade1811 retrogress1812 1800 J. Barrett Enq. Origins of Zodiac i. 7 At its original institution in Egypt having taken place at the rising of Canicula or 20th July, must have regreded 144 days or 576 years. 1856 P. G. Tait & W. G. Steele Treat. Dynamics of Particle xi. 272 The apse regredes through an angle. 1865 Chambers's Encycl. at Perturbation The effect of a disturbing force continually directed towards the plane of the ecliptic, is to make the node regrede. 1873 R. A. Proctor Moon 163 Since..the lunar nodes thus regrede, or, as it were, meet the advancing moon. 1923 Times 3 Mar. 12/4 These points, known as nodes, regrede, or move westward. 1953 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 39 445 Looking at the vortex along the direction of advance U, the fluid moves forward inside this ring while it regredes outside. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1800 |
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