Webster's Dictionary 1913

3403

Retriment

Ret″ri‐ment (?), n. [L. retrimentum.] Refuse; dregs.

3404

Retro-

Retro–. [L. retro, adv., backward, back. Cf. Re-.] A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back.

3405

Retroact

Re′tro‐act″ (?), v. i. [Pref. retro- + act.] To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective.

3406

Retroaction

Re′tro‐ac″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. rétroaction.] 1. Action returned, or action backward.2. Operation on something past or preceding.

3407

Retroactive

Re′tro‐act″ive (?), a. [Cf. F. rétroactif.] Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. Beddoes.Retroactive laworstatute...

3408

Retroactively

Re′tro‐act″ive‐ly, adv. In a retroactive manner.

3409

Retrocede

Re″tro‐cede (?), v. t. [Pref. retro- + cede: cf. F. rétrocéder.] To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.

3410

Retrocede (2)

Re″tro‐cede, v. i. [L. retrocedere; retro backward, back + cedere to go. See Cede.] To go back.

3411

Retrocedent

Re′tro‐ced″ent (?), a. [L. retrocedens, p. pr.] Disposed or likely to retrocede; — said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout.

3412

Retrocession

Re′tro‐ces″sion (?), n. [Cf. F. rétrocession. See Retrocede.] 1. The act of retroceding.2. The state of being retroceded, or granted back.3. (Med.) Metastasis of an eruption or ...

3413

Retrochoir

Re″tro‐choir (?), n. [Pref. retro- + choir.] (Eccl. Arch.) Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the lin...

3414

Retrocopulant

Re′tro‐cop″u‐lant (?), a. [See Retrocopulation.] Copulating backward, or from behind.

3415

Retrocopulation

Re′tro‐cop′u‐la″tion (?), n. [Pref. retro- + copulation.] Copulation from behind. Sir T. Browne.

3416

Retroduction

Re′tro‐duc″tion (?), n. [L. retroducere, retroductum, to lead or bring back; retro backward + ducere to lead.] A leading or bringing back.

3417

Retroflex

{ Re″tro‐flex (?), Re″tro‐flexed (?), } a. [Pref. retro- + L. flectere, flexum, to bend, to turn.] Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.

3418

Retroflexion

Re′tro‐flex″ion (?), n. The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion.

3419

Retrofract

{ Re″tro‐fract (?), Re″tro‐fract′ed, } a. [Pref. retro- + L. fractus, p. p. of frangere to break.] (Bot.) Refracted; as, a retrofract stem.

3420

Retrogenerative

Re′tro‐gen″er‐a‐tive (?), a. [Pref. retro- + generative.] Begetting young by retrocopulation.

3421

Retrogradation

Re′tro‐gra‐da″tion (?), n. [F. rétrogradation or L. retrogradatio. See Retrograde.] 1. The act of retrograding, or moving backward.2. The state of being retrograde; decline.

3422

Retrograde

Re″tro‐grade (?), a. [L. retrogradus, from retrogradi, retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F. rétrograde. See Grade.] 1. (Astron.) Apparently moving bac...

3423

Retrograde (2)

Re″tro‐grade, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Retrograded (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Retrograding.] [L. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. rétrograder.] 1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, o...

3424

Retrogradingly

Re″tro‐gra′ding‐ly (?), adv. By retrograding; so as to retrograde.

3425

Retrogress

Re″tro‐gress (?), n. [Cf. L. retrogressus.] Retrogression. H. Spenser.

3426

Retrogression

Re′tro‐gres″sion (?), n. [Cf. F. rétrogression. See Retrograde, and cf. Digression.] 1. The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.2. (Biol.) Backward developmen...

3427

Retrogressive

Re′tro‐gres″sive, a. [Cf. F. rétrogressif.] 1. Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.2. (Biol.) Passing from a higher to a lo...

3428

Retrogressively

Re′tro‐gres″sive‐ly, adv. In a retrogressive manner.

3429

Retromingency

Re′tro‐min″gen‐cy (?), n. The quality or state of being retromingent. Sir T. Browne.