RETRODICT


Meaning of RETRODICT in English

[ret.ro.dict] vt [retro- + predict] (1949): to utilize present information or ideas to infer or explain (a past event or state of affairs) "~ past eclipses" -- ret.ro.dic.tion n -- ret.ro.dic.tive adj

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