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retarded


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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