egress Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
    emersion.
  2. noun the becoming visible
    emergence; issue.
    • not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
  3. noun the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
    egression; emergence.
  4. verb come out of
    emerge; go forth; issue; come out; come forth.
    • Water issued from the hole in the wall
    • The words seemed to come out by themselves

WordNet

E"gress noun
Etymology
L. egressus, fr. egredi to go out; e out + gradi to go. See Grade.
Definitions
  1. The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.
    Embarred from all egress and regress. Holland.
    Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress. Milton.
  2. (Astron.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.
E*gress" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To go out; to depart; to leave.

Webster 1913