retard
verb (used with object)
to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
has been retarding
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present perfect progressiveof retard (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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He knows his master’s proclivities, and believes that he has come across some curious and rare specimens, which take time to collect or examine, and this it is which has been retarding his return.
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by F.C. Tilney
