| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·tard |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -tärd |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: re·tard·ed, re·tard·ing, re·tards
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To cause to move or proceed slowly; delay or impede. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To be delayed. | | NOUN: | 1. A slowing down or hindering of progress; a delay. 2. Music A slackening of tempo. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English retarden, from Old French retarder, from Latin retard re : re-, re- + tardre, to delay (from tardus, slow). | | OTHER FORMS: | re·tarder —NOUN
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