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egress n [ˈiːgrɛs] 1. Also called egression the act of going or coming out; emergence 2. a way out, such as a path; exit 3. the right or permission to go out or depart 4. (Astronomy) Astronomy another name for emersion [2] vb [ɪˈgrɛs] (intr)
to go forth; issue [from Latin ēgredī to come forth, depart, from gradī to move, step] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Surprised, leader-less, attacked in front by invisible foes, and finding egress cut off by the Convicts behind them, they at once -- after their manner -- lost all presence of mind, and raised the cry of "treachery". He found himself in a very small hall, from which there was no egress save through yet another door, through which he passed and stepped into a large but singularly bare-looking apartment. They are puzzled, too, by the seeming impossibility of reconciling the voices heard in contention, with the facts that no one was discovered up stairs but the assassinated Mademoiselle L'Espanaye, and that there were no means of egress without the notice of the party ascending. |
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