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Webster 1913 Edition

Regrede

Re-grede′

(r?-gr?d′)
,
Verb.
I.
[L.
regredi
to go back. Cf.
Regrade
,
Regress
.]
To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet’s orbit.
[R.]
Todhunter.

Definition 2024

regrede

regrede

English

Verb

regrede ‎(third-person singular simple present regredes, present participle regreding, simple past and past participle regreded)

  1. (intransitive) To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit.
    • 1878, The Educational Times (page 316)
      […] the instantaneous parabola decreases in magnitude and descends in position throughout the entire motion, while its axis regredes during the ascent and progredes during the descent of the particle.

Related terms

  • progrede

Etymology

Latin regredi to go back. Compare regrade, regress.

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