RETROFRACTED
RETROFRACT'ED, a. [L. retro, back, and fractus, broken.]Reduced to hang down as it were by force so as to appear as if broken; as a retrofract peduncle.Bent back towards its ins...
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RETROGRADATION
RETROGRADA'TION, noun1. The act of moving backwards; applied to the apparent motion of the planets.2. A moving backwards; decline in excellence.
RETROGRADE
RET'ROGRADE, adjective [Latin retrogradior; retro, backwards, and gradior, to go.]1. Going or moving backwards.2. In astronomy, apparently moving backward and contrary to the su...
RETROGRESSION
RETROGRES'SION, noun The act of going backward.
RETROGRESSIVE
RETROGRESS'IVE, adjective Going or moving backward; declining from a more perfect to a less perfect state.Geography is at times retrogressive
RETROMINGENCY
RETROMIN'GENCY, noun [Latin retro, backward, and mingo, to discharge urine.]The act of quality of discharging the contents of the bladder backwards.
RETROMINGENT
RETROMIN'GENT, adjective Discharging the urine backwards.RETROMIN'GENT, noun In zoology, an animal that discharges its urine backwards.The retromingents are a division of animal...
RETROPULSIVE
RETROPUL'SIVE, adjective [Latin retro, back, and pulsus, pello, to drive.]Driving back; repelling.
RETRORSELY
RETRORSELY, adverb retros'ly. [Latin retrorsum, backward.] In a backward direction; as a stem retrorsely aculeate.
RETROSPECT
RET'ROSPECT, noun [Latin retro, back, and specio, to look.]A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of something past. The retrospect of a life well spent affords pe...
RETROSPECTION
RETROSPEC'TION, noun1. The act of looking back on things past.2. The faculty of looking back on past things.
RETROSPECTIVE
RETROSPECT'IVE, adjective1. Looking back on past events; as a retrospective view.2. Having reference to what is past; affecting things past. A penal statute can have no retrospe...
RETROSPECTIVELY
RETROSPECT'IVELY, adverb By way of retrospect.
RETROVERSION
RETROVER'SION, noun A turning or falling backwards; as the retroversion of the uterus.
RETROVERT
RET'ROVERT, verb transitive To turn back.
RETROVERTED
RET'ROVERTED, adjective [Latin retro, back, and verto, to turn.] Turned back.
RETRUDE
RETRU'DE, verb transitive [Latin retrudo; re and trudo, to thrust.] To thrust back.
RETUND
RETUND', verb transitive [Latin retundo; re and rundo, to beat.]To blunt; to turn; as an edge; to dull; as, to retund the edge of a weapon.
RETURN
RETURN, verb intransitive [Latin torno.]1. To come or go back to the same place. The gentleman goes from the country to London and returns, or the citizen of London rides into t...
RETURNABLE
RETURN'ABLE, adjective1. That may be returned or restored.2. In law, that is legally to be returned, delivered, given or rendered; as a writ or precept returnable at a certain d...
RETURNED
RETURN'ED, participle passive Restored; given or sent back; repaid; brought or rendered to the proper court or officer.
RETURNER
RETURN'ER, noun One who returns; one that repays or remits money.
RETURNING
RETURN'ING, participle present tense Giving, carrying or sending back; coming or going back; making report.
RETURNING-OFFICER
RETURN'ING-OFFICER, noun The officer whose duty it is to make returns of writs, precepts, juries, etc.
RETURNLESS
RETURN'LESS, adjective Admitting no return. [Little used.]
RETUSE
RETU'SE, adjective [Latin retusus, retundo.] In botany, a retuse leaf is one ending in a blunt sinus, or whose apex is blunt. This term is applied also to the seed.
REUNION
REUN'ION, noun1. A second union; union formed anew after separation or discord; as a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects.2. In medicine, union...