egress
noun
the act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place.
egressed
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past participleof egress.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof egress.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
egressnounthe act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place.
Example Sentences
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But after a brief interval, they egressed with the basins and rinsing cups.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
Madame Wang and Li Wan, lady Feng, Pao Ch'ai and the other young ladies noticed, meanwhile, that the doctor had gone, and they eventually egressed from the back of the mosquito-house.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
Hsiang-lien then got up and quitted the room, and perceiving every one off his guard, he egressed out of the main entrance.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
Lady Feng thereupon egressed from the room in the inner end and interposed her remarks.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
On inquiry we learn that since the fire at the Tower he has secluded himself in his own Harmer-y, and has not egressed from “Ingress Abbey,” for fear of incendiaries.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841 by Various
