Verb Regress Regressus Regredi Act Back Regression Re·Gress

re·gress

I

\\ˈrē-ˌgres\\ noun1.
  a. an act or the privilege of going or coming back
  b.

reentry

1
2. movement backward to a previous and especially worse or more primitive state or condition
3. the act of reasoning backward

II

\\ri-ˈgres\\ intransitive verb
1.
  a. to make or undergo regress :

retrograde

  b. to be subject to or exhibit regression
2. to tend to approach or revert to a mean
transitive verb
: to induce a state of psychological regression in
• re·gres·sor \\-ˈgre-sər\\ noun

regress
  late 14c. (n.), "act of going back," from L. regressus "a return," from regress-, pp. stem of regredi "to go back," from re- "back" + gradi "to step, walk" (see grade). The verb meaning "to move backward" is recorded from 1823; the psychological sense of "to return to an earlier stage of life" is attested from 1926. Regressive is recorded from 1630s; in ref. to taxation, it is attested from 1889.

regress
re·gress / ri5^res / verb [V]
   ~ (to sth) (formal, usually disapproving) to return to an earlier or less advanced form or way of behaving
   倒退；回归；退化

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re·gress
I. \ˈrēˌgres\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English regresse, from Latin regressus, from regressus, past participle of regredi to go back, from re- + gradi to step, go — more at
1. : an act or the privilege of going or coming back : ,
 < free ingress and regress for ships >
as
 a. : the right or power of falling back on another as primarily liable :
 b. : reentry or right of reentry (as upon lands redeemed from forfeiture or default or upon a vacated benefice)
2. : ,
3. : the act of reasoning backward (as from effect to cause)
II. \rə̇ˈgres, rēˈ-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Latin regressus, past participle of regredi to go back
intransitive verb
: to make or undergo regress : be subject to or exhibit regression : ; often : to tend to approach or revert to a mean
transitive verb

: to induce a state of psychological regression in (as by hypnosis or suggestion)