egress, egresse

[Lat. egre us a going out (a nominal use of egre us, pa. par. of egredior to go out); e = ex =out, and gradior =to go; gradus =a step.] IMG:content-0794.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2. A means or place of exit. *3. A coming or proceeding out; a flowing out. "By a nece ary egre of nature." -South: Sermons, vol. viii., ser. 12. II. Astron.: The pa ing of an inferior planet from the disc of the sun in a transit.