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noun

Ingress n.

The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.

Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited.

(Astron.) The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.

verb

Ingress v. i. To go in; to enter. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Ingress'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ingress" Quotes from Famous Books

... THEATRES.—We have no sympathy whatever with the idea of a Theatre Libre or with a Free-and-Easy Theatre, but we shall be very glad when all Theatres are made Easy, Easy, that is, as to sitting accommodation, and Easy of egress and ingress. But if the space is to be enlarged, will not the prices have to be enlarged too? 'Tis a problem in the discussion of which The Players, which is a new journal, solely devoted to things Dramatic and Theatrical, ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 16, 1892 • Various

... the Nineteenth Century is thus logically enough the history of successive collapses. Not only did overseas foreigners openly thunder at the gateways of the empire and force an ingress, but native rebellions were constant and common. Leaving minor disturbances out of account, there were during this period two huge Mahommedan rebellions, besides the cataclysmic Taiping rising which lasted ten years ...

— The Fight For The Republic In China • B.L. Putnam Weale

... as, dropping the girl, he scurried toward the great painting from behind which he had found ingress to the ...

— The Mad King • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... normal, and indenting in a semicircular fashion the front of the white line at the toe, or solution of continuity between the tumour and the edge of the sole and the os pedis takes place, and the lameness resulting from the ingress of dirt and grit thus allowed draws attention ...

— Diseases of the Horse's Foot • Harry Caulton Reeks

... The internal doors even of private houses were bivalve; hence, as in the present case, we often read of the folding doors of a bed-chamber. Each of these doors or valves was usually wide enough to permit persons to pass each other in egress and ingress without opening the other door as well. Sometimes each valve was double, folding ...

— The Metamorphoses of Ovid - Vol. I, Books I-VII • Publius Ovidius Naso

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