n. /ee"gres/ ; v. /i gres"/ , n.
1. the act or an instance of going, esp. from an enclosed place.
2. a means or place of going out; an exit.
3. the right or permission to go out.
4. Astron. emersion (def. 1).
v.i.
5. to go out; emerge.
[ 1530-40; egressus going out, escape, equiv. to egred ( i ) to go out ( e- E- + -gredi, comb. form of gradi to go, step; cf. GRADE) + -tus suffix of v. action ]