Re"gress (r?"gr?s), n. [L.
regressus, fr. regredi, regressus. See
Regrede.] 1. The act of passing back;
passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress
of man". F. Harrison.
2. The power or liberty of passing back.
Shak.
Re*gress" (r?*gr?s"), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Regressed (-gr?st"); p.
pr. & vb. n. Regressing.] To go back; to return
to a former place or state. Sir T. Browne.