- 1. a. Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. Source: opted
- 2. adj. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. affecting things past Source: wordnet
- 4. Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. Beddoes. Retroactive law or statute (Law), one which operates to make criminal or punishable, or in any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of the law. Source: webster
- 5. Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action;affecting what is past; retrospective. Beddoes. Retroactive law orstatute (Law), one which operates to make criminal or punishable, orin any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of thelaw. Source: adambom
- 6. j:100 a. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously Source: ecdict
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