Retrograde

(Synop., § 130), a. [Fr. rétrograde, Sp. & It. retrogrado, Lat. retrogradus. See infra.]

1Sense 1. Tending or serving to move in a backward or contrary direction; contrary.

It is most retrograde to our desire. Shak.

2Sense 2. Going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state. Bacon.

3Sense 3. (Astron.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. Hutton.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. RETROGRADED; p. pr. & vb. n. RETROGRADING.] [Fr. rétrograder, Pr., Sp., & Pg. retrogradar, It. retrogradare, Lat. retrogradare, retrogradi, from retro, back, and gradi, to step, go.] To go or move backward.