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retard

(r/I/'t/A/rd )

cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate(verb.change)

Example:
This drug will retard your heart rate.

source: wordnet30
be delayed(verb.stative)

source: wordnet30
slow the growth or development of(verb.change)

Example:
The brain damage will retard the child's language development.

Synonym:
check, delay

source: wordnet30
lose velocity; move more slowly(verb.change)

Synonym:
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up
Antonym:
accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To stay back.(verb)

source: webster1913

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