| 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}]