† retrogradant,a.Obs.rare. [ad. late L. retrōgradant-em, pres.pple. of retrōgradāre: cf. next.] Retrograding. 1523Skelton Garl. Laurel 4 When Mars retrogradant reuersyd his bak.1558G. Cavendish Poems (1825) II. 3 Whan Phebus in Gemynys had his course overgon And entered Cancer, a sygne retrogradant.