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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

... over an hour to get safely up the hill and into the palace. Its main entrance, approached by a long flight of steps, was an impossible means of ingress, but Aura fortunately knew of a smaller door at the side which led into the basement of the building. This door they found slightly ajar. It was open so little, however, that they could not get past, and as they were not strong enough even with their combined ...

— The Girl in the Golden Atom • Raymond King Cummings

... friends. The J[)e]ssakkn—or J[)e]ssakk[-i]d lodge—was then erected. The framework of vertical poles, inclined to the center, was filled in with interlaced twigs covered with blankets and birch-bark from the ground to the top, leaving an upper orifice of about a foot in diameter for the ingress and egress of spirits and the objects to be mentioned, but not large enough for the passage of a man's body. At one side of the lower wrapping a flap was left for ...

— Seventh Annual Report • Various

... Joshua R. Giddings, Edward Wade, Gerritt Smith, and Alexander De Witt; three at least of whom were then, or soon became first among the great statesmen opposed to human slavery. The Appeal declared the new Nebraska Bill would "open all the unorganized Territories of the Union to the ingress of slavery." A plot to convert them "into a dreary region of despotism, inhabited by masters and slaves," to the exclusion of immigrants from the Old World and free laborers from our own States. It reviewed the history of Congressional ...

— Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 • Joseph Warren Keifer

... howl of anguish that will arise! The roar of frustration and then anger as the thousands pile upon the thousands at rush hour! The screaming and pushing as multitudes press forward at each subway station, demanding their rights of ingress as good citizens, while more multitudes press from the incoming trains demanding their rights of egress! Unquestionably the entire subway system will collapse in a matter of minutes! What was ...

— "To Invade New York...." • Irwin Lewis

... summoned to Louisville and that I should leave in the first train, viz., at 3 p.m., I took my leave of him. Returning to Wood's office, I found there two more Californians, viz., Messrs. Palmer and Haskell, so I felt that, while Fremont might be suspicious of others, he allowed free ingress to ...

— The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete • William T. Sherman

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