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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Regress

Rē'gress, n.

noun

n. [Lat. regressus, It. regresso, rigresso, Sp. regreso, Fr. regrès. See REGRADE.]

  1. Passage back; return.
  2. The power or liberty of returning or passing back.

Re-grĕss’, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. REGRESSED (re-grĕst’); p. pr. & vb. n. REGRESSING.] To go back; to return to a former place or state. Browne.