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The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is egress
| source : web1913 |
Egress \E"gress\, n. [L. egressus, fr. egredi to go out; e out +
gradi to go. See {Grade}.]
1. 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.
2. (Astron.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an
inferior planet, in a transit.
| source : web1913 |
Egress \E*gress"\, v. i.
To go out; to depart; to leave.
| source : wn |
egress
n 1: the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the
emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow
catkins" [syn: {emergence}, {issue}]
2: the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent [syn: {egression},
{emergence}]
3: (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an
eclipse [syn: {emersion}]