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pet regress

pet regress verb: to engage in pet regression; to undergo pet regression.

Verb

pet regress (third-person singular simple present pet regresses, present participle pet regressing, simple past and past participle pet regressed)

  1. To engage in pet regression; to undergo pet regression.

Forms of pet regress

third-person singular presentpet regresses
present participlepet regressing
past participlepet regressed
pastpet regressed

Origin of pet regress

Probably a back-formation from pet regression.

Questions about pet regress

What does pet regress mean?
Pet regress means to engage in pet regression; to undergo pet regression.
What part of speech is pet regress?
Pet regress is a verb.
What is the past tense of pet regress?
The past tense of pet regress is pet regressed.

Words near pet regress in the dictionary

  1. pet phrase
  2. pet phrases
  3. pET plasmid
  4. pET plasmids
  5. pet play
  6. pet regress
  7. pet regression
  8. pet regressor
  9. pet rock
  10. pet rocks
  11. pet sat

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