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单词 retroition
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retroitionn.

Forms: 1600s retroition, 1800s retroïtion.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin retroīt- , retroīre , -ion suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin retroīt-, past participial stem of retroīre to lose forward impetus, to revert to a less satisfactory condition ( < retrō retro- prefix + īre to go: see exit v.1) + -ion suffix1. Compare ition n.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of returning or reverting; re-entrance.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > return towards point of departure
returna1393
returning?c1400
recoursec1405
regress1478
reverture1495
retraira1500
regression1598
reflexa1613
recursion1616
revolture1633
retroition1651
hark back1798
recover1818
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 168 ⁋230 The whole retinue of menstrua's, about that peculiar monarchy of the womb,..are then segregated by the destructive knife of phlebotomy, and make their retroition into the whole.
1671 J. Webster Metallographia xii. 190 In which retroition of solution, the heterogeneous juices are separated on their own accord.
1830 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (2002) V. 6560 Now there are conceivable states of introgression, 1. retroïtion, when the Spirit having gone forth from itself..retracts itself in order to appropriate the extroition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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