v. i. [ L. regredi to go back. Cf. Regrade, Regress. ] To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit. [ R. ] Todhunter. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A going back; a retrogression; a return. [ R. ] Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A return or exchange of salutation. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
n. [ L. regressus, fr. regredi, regressus. See Regrede. ]
n. [ L. regressio: cf. F. régression. ] The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
Edge of regression (of a surface) (Geom.),
Regression point (Geom.),
a. [ Cf. F. régressif. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Regressive metamorphism.
adv. In a regressive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Calmly he looked on either life, and here
Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
In a few hours they [ the Israelites ] began to regret their slavery, and to murmur against their leader. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had been violently taken. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]