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English Dictionary: egress by the DICT Development Group
3 results for egress
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
egress
n
  1. (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
    Synonym(s): egress, emersion
    Antonym(s): immersion, ingress
  2. the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
    Synonym(s): emergence, egress, issue
  3. the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
    Synonym(s): egress, egression, emergence
v
  1. come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
    Synonym(s): issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Egress \E*gress"\, v. i.
      To go out; to depart; to leave.
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