Retard

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Retarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retarding.]
	2.	To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations.
v. i.	1.	To stay back.
n.	1.	Retardation; delay.
	2.	A mentally retarded person.
	3.	a person who is stupid or inept, especially in social situations. Retard of the tide the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide originates and the appearance of the tide itself. It is found, in general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's transit immediately proceeding, but to a transit which has occured some time before, and which is said to correspond to it. The retard of the tide is thus distinguished from the lunitidal interval. See under Retardation. - Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Noun	1.	retard - a person of subnormal intelligence Synonyms: changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron
Verb	1.	retard - slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" Synonyms: delay, check
	2.	retard - cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"
	3.	retard - be delayed
	4.	retard - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" Synonyms: decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up

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