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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retard \Re*tard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retarded}; p. pr & vb
n. {Retarding}.] [L. retardare retardatum pref. re- re- +
tardare to make slow, to delay, fr tardus slow: cf F.
retarder. See {Tardy}.]
1. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from
progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to
hinder; as to retard the march of an army; to retard the
motion of a ship; -- opposed to {accelerate}.
2. To put off to postpone; as to retard the attacks of old
age; to retard a rupture between nations.
Syn: To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay;
procrastinate; postpone; defer.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
retarded
adj : relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical
development; "providing a secure and sometimes happy
life for the retarded" [ant: {precocious}]
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