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The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure. Embarred from all egress and regress. Holland. Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress. Milton.

The act of going; egress. [R.] B. Jonson.

One who goes out. [R.]

Not progressive. De Quincey. -- Im"pro*gress"ive*ly, adv.

The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.

Act of entering; entrance. Sir K. Digby.

Incapable of being transgressed; not to be passes over or crossed. Holland.

The act of going in; entrance. Blount.

A black woman; a female negro.

Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness. Johnson.

A female ogre. Tennyson.

One held in 1889-90 in the United States, at which all the independent states except Santo Domingo were represented and of which the practical result was the establishment of the Bureau of American Republics for the promotion of trade relations.

In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc.

Course; passage; lapse or process of time. I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly immerged in the delices and joys of religion. Evelyn.

Of or pertaining to progression; tending to, or capable of, progress.

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

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

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

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…

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