retrudev.
/rᵻˈtruːd/, U.S. /rəˈtrud/, /riˈtrud/ Now chiefly Dentistry.
transitive. To push or move back. Also intransitive: to recede. Cf. protrude v.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > cause to move back [verb (transitive)] > force backwards
frontc1400
disadvancea1413
rechasea1533
retrude1598
recompel1624
retund1647
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. f. 36/1 If it [sc. the childe] thrust one arme, or legge out, we must not therwith drawe it out, but must gentlelye retrude it backe agayne [Fr. repousser; Du. te rugghe schuyben], & agayne bringe it into his place.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. ii. 6 The term of latitude is breadthlesse line; A point the line doth manfully retrude From infinite processe.
1674 W. Charleton Nat. Hist. Passions 143 The heart, unable to discharge itself soon enough of that oppressing deluge, by retruding its valves, may be suffocated.
1829 Eclectic Rev. Apr. 369 The bill creates a legislative distinction between the Roman Catholic laity and clergy; retruding the latter from the consideration of Parliament.
1897 E. C. Kirk et al. Amer. Text-bk. Operative Dentistry xxiii. 660 The lower jaw is apparently protruded, or retruded, so as to mar the esthetic perfection of the physiognomy.
1933 Internat. Jrnl. Orthodontia, Oral Surg. & Radiogr. 19 1024 I would rather resort to extraction of two maxillary premolars than to attempt unsuccessfully to retrude a whole maxillary arch.
1953 Amer. Jrnl. Orthodontics 39 733 I am interested in..the angle SNA because it merely shows whether the face protrudes or retrudes below the skull.
2005 Amer. Jrnl. Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics 128 787 Class III elastics moved the maxillary teeth mesially and assisted in retruding the mandibular teeth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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