"retroject" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Mid 19th-century. Combination of retro- (“back”) + (pro)ject.",
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      "form": "retrojects",
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      "form": "retrojecting",
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      "form": "retrojected",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "Rav Sa'adia probably wanted to retroject our prayers and blessings back to the time of the Prophets as part of his polemic with the Karaites who rejected the Oral Torah.",
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        "To project into the past; to insert anachronistically into a historical reconstruction."
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          "insert"
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        "(transitive) To project into the past; to insert anachronistically into a historical reconstruction."
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      "ipa": "/ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛkt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkt"
    }
  ],
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        "(transitive) To project into the past; to insert anachronistically into a historical reconstruction."
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