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retrogress
 
SYLLABICATION:ret·ro·gress
PRONUNCIATION:  rtr-grs, rtr-grs
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: ret·ro·gressed, ret·ro·gress·ing, ret·ro·gress·es
1. To return to an earlier, inferior, or less complex condition. 2. To go or move backward.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin retrgrad, *retrgress- : retr-, retro- + grad, to go; see ghredh- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:retro·gressive —ADJECTIVE
retro·gressive·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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