单词 | retrogradate |
释义 | † retrogradateadj. Obsolete. rare. That has gone backwards; reverted, retrograde. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > [adjective] relapsed1499 retrogradatea1550 revert1567 unwrought1726 involutionary1920 a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 46v By the vertue of..her hard & drie compaction subtiliate Into her owne first matter kindely retrogradate [v.r. retrogradiate]. 1647 J. Abbot Devout Rhapsodies 19 Creatures observe that order, keepe that state, Which God appoints: Sole Man's retrogradate. 1718 J. Partridge Merlinus Liberatus 6 Jupiter..in Cancer,..and Venus in Aries by retrogradate Motion, applying to him by Square. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). retrogradatev. rare. intransitive. To go backwards (literal and figurative), to retrograde. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > planetary movement > move [verb (intransitive)] > retrograde regressa1525 retrogradate1599 retrograde1601 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes Ded. Nay, heau'ns themselues (though keeping stil their way) Retrogradate, and make a kind of stay. 1847 W. Carleton Black Prophet xxii. 294 Mortalit among his cattle, occasioned him, as it were, to retrogradate from his former state. 1923 Trans. Grand Lodge Free & Accepted Masons Michigan 1922 178 Some men and even some peoples often retrogradate, perhaps to more rapidly advance afterwards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1550v.1599 |
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