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Ingress
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 The act of entering. countable, uncountable
"Looking about him while in this state of suspense, Charles Darnay observed that the gate was held by a mixed guard of soldiers and patriots, the latter far outnumbering the former; and that while ingress into the city for peasants’ carts bringing in supplies, and for similar traffic and traffickers, was easy enough, egress, even for the homeliest people, was very difficult."
- 2 the act of entering wordnet
- 3 A permission to enter. countable, uncountable
"All ingress was prohibited."
- 4 (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse wordnet
- 5 A door or other means of entering. countable, uncountable
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- 6 The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc. countable, uncountable
- 1 To intrude or insert oneself intransitive
""Were you asleep? Did I disturb you?" he would ask, seeing Fyodor flat on his back on the sofa, and then, ingressing entirely, he would shut the door tightly behind him and sit by Fyodor 's feet"
- 2 To enter (a specified location or area) US, transitive
""We ingressed North Vietnam over Cam Pha on a westerly heading," reported Captain Madden."
- 3 To enter into a zodiacal sign intransitive
"The middle of March finds " Mars ingressing upon the 16th degree of Capricorn, where the sun has arrived in the nativity of Lord Palmerston," […]"
- 4 To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression
Etymology
From Latin ingressus, from the verb ingredior.
From Latin ingressus, from the verb ingredior.
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