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.
REGRESS Re*gress" (r*grs"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Regressed (-grst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Regressing.]
Defn: To go back; to return to a former place or state. Sir T.
Browne.
REGRESSION
Re*gres"sion (r*grsh"n), n. Etym: [L. regressio: cf. F. régression.]
Defn: The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. Sir T. Browne. Edge of regression (of a surface) (Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; — called also a cuspidal edge. — Regression point (Geom.), a cusp.
REGRESSIVE
Re*gress"ive (r*grs"v), a. Etym: [Cf. F. régressif.]
1. Passing back; returning.
2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. Regressive metamorphism. (a) (Biol.) See Retrogression. (b) (Physiol.) See Katabolism.
REGRESSIVELY
Re*gress"ive*ly, adv.