Category:Regress

Re"gress (r"grs), n. Etym: [l. regressus, fr. regredi, regressus. See Regrede.]

1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "the Progress or regress of man". F. Harrison.

2. The power or liberty of passing back. Shak.

Regress Re*gress" (r*grs"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Regressed (-grst"); p. pr. & Vb. n. Regressing.]

Defn: to go back; to return to a former place or state. Sir t. Browne.