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English Dictionary: 'progress' by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Progress \Pro*gress"\ (?; formerly pronounced like {Progress},
      n.), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Progressed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Progressing}.]
      1. To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue
            onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as,
            railroads are progressing. [bd]As his recovery
            progressed.[b8] --Thackeray.
  
                     Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly
                     doth progress on thy checks.               --Shak.
  
                     They progress in that style in proportion as their
                     pieces are treated with contempt.      --Washington.
  
                     The war had progressed for some time. --Marshall.
  
      2. To make improvement; to advance. --Bayard.
  
                     If man progresses, art must progress too. --Caird.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Progress \Prog"ress\ (?; 277), n. [L. progressus, from progredi,
      p. p. progressus, to go forth or forward; pro forward + gradi
      to step, go: cf. F. progr[8a]s. See {Grade}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Progress \Prog"ress\ (?; see {Progress}, v. i.), v. t.
      To make progress in; to pass through. [Obs.] --Milton.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Progress, PA (CDP, FIPS 62736)
      Location: 40.29047 N, 76.83657 W
      Population (1990): 9654 (4524 housing units)
      Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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