(v): move in an orbit
(v): move in a direction contrary to the usual one
(v): change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
(v): move back
(v): pull back or move away or backward
(v): go back over
(v): summarize briefly
(v): get worse or fall back to a previous condition
(v): grow worse
(adj): vs. direct) -- (moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
(adj): vs. anterograde) -- (of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
(adj): going from better to worse
(adj): vs. progressive) -- (opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
(adj): moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
(adj): vs. forward) -- (directed or facing toward the back or rear
1. Moving or tending backward. 2. Opposite to the usual order; inverted or reversed. 3. Reverting to an earlier or inferior condition. 4. Astronomy a. Of or relating to the orbital revolution or axial rotation of a planetary or other celestial body that moves clockwise from east to west, in the direction opposite to most celestial bodies. b. Of or relating to the brief, regularly occurring, apparently backward movement of a planetary body in its orbit as viewed against the fixed stars, caused by the differing orbital velocities of Earth and the body observed. 5. Archaic Opposed; contrary.
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