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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ingress" Quotes from Famous Books

... But I had not reversed my motions for many weeks before I became profoundly aware that this was impossible. Or, in the imagery of my dreams, which translated every thing into their own language, I saw through vast avenues of gloom those towering gates of ingress, which hitherto had always seemed to stand open, now at last barred against my retreat, and hung ...

— The Opium Habit • Horace B. Day

... the town on which Crampton lay was especially a thoroughfare for the factory people. In the back streets around them there were many mills, out of which poured streams of men and women two or three times a day. Until Margaret had learnt the times of their ingress and egress, she was very unfortunate in constantly falling in with them. They came rushing along, with bold, fearless faces, and loud laughs and jests, particularly aimed at all those who appeared to be above them in rank or station. The tones of their unrestrained ...

— North and South • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

... will not receive them! The tremendous 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 it ...

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

... rapidly, and when Henry was about three years old his father determined to leave the north and to go and settle at Ingress Hall, near Dartford, in Kent, which became the birthplace of his two youngest sons, Thomas ...

— The Red Book of Heroes • Leonora Blanche Lang

... a warm to a cold one. Pure air is more essential than warmth, and this fact should be especially remembered when the stable is made close and foul to gain the warmth. It is more economical to keep the horse warm with blankets than to prevent the ingress of pure air in order ...

— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture

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