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Webster 1913 Edition
Regress
1.
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. “The progress or regress of man”.
F. Harrison.
2.
The power or liberty of passing back.
Shak.
Re-gress′
(r?-gr?s′)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Regressed
(-gr?st′)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Regressing
.] To go back; to return to a former place or state.
Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Regress
RE'GRESS
,Noun.
1.
Passage back; return; as ingress and regress.2.
The power of returning or passing back.