What is to go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet called?
retrograde — To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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