regrede
English
Etymology
From Latin regredi (“to go back”). Compare regrade, regress.
Verb
regrede (third-person singular simple present regredes, present participle regreding, simple past and past participle regreded)
- (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.
- 1878, The Educational Times (page 316)
Related terms
- progrede