ingre

{ } n. [ See Ingredient. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Entrance; ingress. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality or state of being an ingredient or component part. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ingrédient, L. ingrediens, -entis, entering into, p. pr. of ingredi, p. p. ingressus, to go into, to enter; pref. in- in + gradi to walk, go. See Grade. ] That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination, recipe, or mixture; an element; a constituent. [ 1913 Webster ]

By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acts where no sin is ingredient. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ingressus, fr. ingredi. See Ingredient. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Astron.) The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To go in; to enter. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]