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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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PROGRESSIONIST n. 2 definitions

One who holds to a belief in the progression of society toward perfection.

One who makes, or holds to, progress; a progressionist.

PROGRESSIVE a. 2 definitions

Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.

PROGRESSIVE PARTY n.

by the adherents of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912. The name Progressive party was chosen at the meeting held on Aug. 7, 1912, when the candidates were nominated and the platform adopted. Among the chief articles in the platform are those demanding direct primaries, preferential primaries for…

PUGGRY; PUGGREE n.

A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the head from the sun. [India] Yule.

PUTTING GREEN n.

The green, or plot of smooth turf, surrounding a hole. "The term putting green shall mean the ground within twenty yards of the hole, excepting hazards." Golf Rules.

To agree again.

To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit. [R.] Todhunter.

A going back; a retrogression; a return. [R.] Herrick.

REGREET v. 2 definitions

To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet. Shak.

REGRESS n. 3 definitions

The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man". F. Harrison.

The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. Sir T. Browne. Edge of regression (of a surface) (Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a cuspidal edge. -- Regression point (Geom.), a cusp.

REGRESSIVE a. 2 definitions

Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. Regressive metamorphism. (a) (Biol.) See Retrogression. (b) (Physiol.) See Katabolism.

REGRESSIVELY adv.

In a regressive manner.

REGRET n. 3 definitions

mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction. "A passionate regret at sin." Dr. H. More. What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe Macaulay. Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant. Clarendon. From its peaceful bosom [the…

Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. -- Re*gret"ful*ly, adv.

Retrogression. [R.] H. Spenser.

RETROGRESSION n. 2 definitions

from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.

RETROGRESSIVE a. 2 definitions

rom a higher to a lower condition; declining from a more perfect state of organization; regressive.

RETROGRESSIVELY adv.

In a retrogressive manner.