ingress /ˈɪŋɡɹɛs/noun 4/ɪŋˈɡɹɛs/ verb 4forms 3 noun4 •The act of entering.Now could be beheld that change from the handsome to the curious which the features of a wood undergo at the ingress of the winter months. — 1886 •The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc. •A door or other means of entering. •A permission to enter.All ingress was prohibited. ingress /ɪŋˈɡɹɛs/ verb4 •To intrude or insert oneself"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 — 1963 •(US) To enter (a specified location or area)"We ingressed North Vietnam over Cam Pha on a westerly heading," reported Captain Madden. — 1976 •To enter into a zodiacal signThe middle of March finds " Mars ingressing upon the 16th degree of Capricorn, where the sun has arrived in the nativity of Lord Palmerston," […] — 1861 •To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression formsingressed · ingressing · ingresses
