regress

(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredi (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradi (“to go”).

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈɡɹɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

regress (countable and uncountable, plural regresses)

1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
   • (Can we date this quote by Frederic Harrison?)

     Its bearing on the progress or regress of man is not an inconsiderable question.

2. The power or liberty of passing back.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor

     Thou shalt have egresse and regresse.

3. In property law, the right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.

• (permission): ingress, egress

• infinite regress
• Ryle's regress

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

1. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
2. (intransitive, astronomy) To move from east to west.
3. (transitive, statistics) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.

   When we regress Y on X, we use the values of variable X to predict those of Y.

• backslide

• proceed
• progress

• regression
• regressive

• regress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• regress in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• regress at OneLook Dictionary Search

• sergers

Latin regressus - back step, from re- back and gressus - step.

regress

1. regress.

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN