Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RET'RO-GRADE
RET-RO-GRA-DA'TIONRET'RO-GRADE
RET'RO-GRADE, a. [Fr. from L. retrogradior; retro, backward, and gradior, to go.]
- Going or moving backward. – Bacon.
- In astronomy, apparently moving backward and contrary to the succession of the signs, as a planet. – Harris.
- Declining from a better to a worse state.
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