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单词 retrogradate
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retrogradateadj.

Forms: late Middle English retrogradiate (in a late copy), late Middle English (in a late copy) 1600s–1700s retrogradate.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin retrogradatus, retrogradare.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin retrogradatus, past participle of retrogradare (see retrograde v.).With the form retrogradiate perhaps compare retrogradient adj. and its etymon classical Latin retrōgradī retrograde v.
Obsolete. rare.
That has gone backwards; reverted, retrograde.
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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.

Brit. /ˈrɛtrə(ʊ)ɡrəˌdeɪt/, U.S. /ˈrɛtroʊɡreɪˌdeɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin retrogradat-, retrogradare.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin retrogradat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of retrogradare (see retrograde v.). Compare earlier retrograde v., retrogradate adj.
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).
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