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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

egressus

, fr.

egredi

to go out;

out +

gradi

to go. See

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.

(Astron.)

The passing off from the sun’s disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.

Verb.

To go out; to depart; to leave.

Noun.

[L. egressus, from egredior; e and gradior, to step.]

The act of going or issuing out, or the power of departing from any inclosed or confined place.

Gates of burning adamant,

Barr'd over us, prohibit all egress.