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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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15 words match “INGRESS”

INGRESS n. 4 definitions
The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.
INGRESSION n.
Act of entering; entrance. Sir K. Digby.
SUBINGRESSION n.
Secret entrance. [R.] Boyle.
AREA n.
The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
BLOCKADE n. 2 definitions
The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.
ENTRANCE n.
The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office.
ENTRY n.
The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an entry upon an undertaking.
INCOME n.
A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion. [Obs.] Shak. More abundant incomes of light and strength from God. Bp. Rust. At mine income I louted low. Drant.
INGATE n.
Entrance; ingress. [Obs.] Which hath in charge the ingate of the year. Spenser.
INGREDIENCE; INGREDIENCY n.
Entrance; ingress. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
INLET n.
A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance. Doors and windows,inlets of men and of light. Sir H. Wotton.
INVADE v.
To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress. [Obs.] Which becomes a body, and doth then invade The state of life, out of the grisly shade. Spenser.
LOCK v.
To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.
OPEN a.
Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means o…
SHUT v.
To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.