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retrograde
adjective
verb
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
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adjective
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
adjective
moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
adjective
moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
adjective
going from better to worse
verb
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
verb
go back over
“retrograde arguments”
verb
move back
“The glacier retrogrades”
verb
move in a direction contrary to the usual one
“retrograding planets”
verb
move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
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retrograde arguments
The glacier retrogrades
retrograding planets
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