[syn: issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Embarred from all egress and regress. --Holland.
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Gates of burning adamant,
Barred over us, prohibit all egress. --Milton.
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2. (Astron.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an
inferior planet, in a transit.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Egress \E*gress"\, v. i.
To go out; to depart; to leave.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
egress
n 1: (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an
eclipse [syn: egress, emersion] [ant: immersion,
ingress]
2: the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the
emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow
catkins" [syn: emergence, egress, issue]
3: the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent [syn:
egress, egression, emergence]
v 1: come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The
words seemed to come out by themselves" [syn: issue,
emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress]