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ingressed

ingressed is the simple past and past participle of ingress.

Meaning of ingress

Verb

ingress (third-person singular simple present ingresses, present participle ingressing, simple past and past participle ingressed)

  1. (intransitive) To intrude or insert oneself
    • "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 feet1963, Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift: A Novel, page 198
  2. (US, transitive) To enter (a specified location or area)
    • "We ingressed North Vietnam over Cam Pha on a westerly heading," reported Captain Madden.1976, The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia: Aces and Aerial Victories, page 108
  3. (intransitive) To enter into a zodiacal sign
    • The middle of March finds " Mars ingressing upon the 16th degree of Capricorn, where the sun has arrived in the nativity of Lord Palmerston," […]1861 December 28, “Almanacs”, in All the Year Round, volume VI
  4. (Whiteheadian metaphysics) To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression

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Questions about ingressed

What is ingressed the simple past and past participle of?
Ingressed is the simple past and past participle of ingress.

Words near ingressed in the dictionary

  1. ingredient decks
  2. ingredients
  3. Ingresian
  4. ingress
  5. ingress, egress, and regress
  6. ingressed
  7. ingresses
  8. ingressing
  9. ingression
  10. ingressions
  11. ingressive

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