retroject
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retroject (third-person singular simple present retrojects, present participle retrojecting, simple past and past participle retrojected)
- (transitive) To project into the past; to insert anachronistically into a historical reconstruction.
Translations[edit]
to project into the past
References[edit]
- “retroject”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “retroject”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.