OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 26083

retroactive

/ˌɹɛt.ɹəʊˈæk.tɪv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
retroactivo
Extending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions
Can such a child be ennobled by the passage of time, his struggles granted retroactive gravitas and his childish confusions rearticulated with adult clarity?
Rather, he hoped there was some legal trickeration he could deploy to get a retroactive water right filed and end-run the opposition.
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