retrograde-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: move in a direction opposite to that of a reference point

Examples:
Mercury's supposed to be coming out or retrograde tonight.
The horse was a horse was taught to retrograde with proper dignity.
Mercury is in retrograde, so go easy.
I would have sworn some retrograde planet was hanging over my house.
Is Mercury in retrograde or something?

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: retrograde.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4

Sense Number 2: amnesia affecting the time immediately preceding trauma

Examples:
In this case it was impossible to state how far the amnesia retrograded.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: going from better to worse

Examples:
How retrograde this seems, as quality no longer seems an issue in art.
After his death, our literature retrograded.
That proposed theoretical change may be retrograde in one respect.
Is it perhaps retrograde to save this particular airline?

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: retrograde.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3