Hypertext Webster Gateway: "retroact"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Retroact \Re`tro*act"\, v. i. [Pref. retro- + act.]
To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be
retrospective.
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