REGRESSING

Verb

regressing

present participle of regress

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Source: Wiktionary

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.

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

Definition: To go back; to return to a former place or state. Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition