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Latin
Etymology
From re- + gradior (“step, walk”).
Pronunciation
Verb
regredior (present infinitive regredī, perfect active regressus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent
- to go or come back; turn back, return
- Synonyms: revertor, reveniō
- (military) to march back, withdraw, retire, retreat
- Synonyms: dēcēdō, discēdō, cēdō, deficiō, concēdō, excēdō, subtrahō, subdūcō, inclīnō, recēdō, facessō, āmoveō, recipiō, referō, vertō
- Antonyms: prōgredior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, prōficiō, aggredior, ēvehō, incēdō, accēdō, adeō
- (law) to have recourse, revert
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References
- “regredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “regredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- regredior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.