ingress
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Is ingress a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (astronomy) The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To intrude or insert oneselfExamples: ""Were you asleep? Did I disturb you?" he would ask, seeing Fyodor flat on his back on the sofa, and then, ingressing entirely, he would shut the door tightly behind him and sit by Fyodor 's feet"; "When the tub was full I ingressed into the water gently, insinuating my body in a bit at a time, enjoying the sensual pleasure of the extreme heat on the lower part of my body […]"intransitive
2. (transitive, US, chiefly military) To enter (a specified location or area)Examples: ""We ingressed North Vietnam over Cam Pha on a westerly heading," reported Captain Madden."; "We were ingressing the target area."UStransitive
3. (intransitive, astrology, of a planet) To enter into a zodiacal signExamples: "The middle of March finds " Mars ingressing upon the 16th degree of Capricorn, where the sun has arrived in the nativity of Lord Palmerston," […]"intransitive
4. (Whiteheadian metaphysics) To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression
Definition source: Wiktionary