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re·gress (rĭ-grĕs')

v., -gressed, -gress·ing, -gress·es.

v.intr.
  1. To go back; move backward.
  2. To return to a previous, usually worse or less developed state.
  3. To have a tendency to approach or go back to a statistical mean.
v.tr. Psychology
To induce a state of regression in.

n. ('grĕs')
    1. The act of going or coming back; return.
    2. Passage back; reentry.
  1. The act of reasoning backward from an effect to a cause.

[Latin regredī, regress- : re-, re- + gradī, to go.]

regressor re·gres'sor n.



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