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Definition of Retrovert
1. Verb. Go back to a previous state. "We reverted to the old rules"
Specialized synonyms: Fall Back, Lapse, Recidivate, Regress, Relapse, Retrogress, Resile, Go Back, Recover, Recuperate
Generic synonyms: Change By Reversal, Reverse, Turn
Derivative terms: Regress, Regression, Retroversion, Return, Reversion, Reversive, Reverting
Definition of Retrovert
1. v. t. To turn back.
Definition of Retrovert
1. Verb. To turn back. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrovert
Literary usage of Retrovert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"Many operators retrovert the fundus of the uterus and tie the broad ligaments
from above downwards instead of from below upwards, and claim that it ..."
2. Lang's German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied by Hugo Lang, Milton Kayton Meyers (1913)
"-biegung Rückwärts-biegen, vl to bend backwards, to retroflex, to retrovert
Rückwärts-biegung, /. a bending backwards, retroflexion, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... the last joint reflected and movable on the penultimate, as the blade of a
clasp-knife on its handle (the retrovert, Fio. il.—The first thoracic (fourth ..."
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