‖n. [ F. allégresse, fr. L. alacer sprightly. ] Joy; gladsomeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ It., dim. of allegro. ] (Mus.) Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro. -- n. A movement in this time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aye ever + green. ] (Bot.) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum). Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. See Chigoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To remove grease or fatty matter from, as wool or silk. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. degré, OF. degret, fr. LL. degradare. See Degrade. ] 1. A step, stair, or staircase. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By ladders, or else by degree. Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position. “A dame of high degree.” Dryden. “A knight is your degree.” Shak. “Lord or lady of high degree.” Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

The degree of excellence which proclaims genius, is different in different times and different places. Sir. J. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college or university, in recognition of their attainments; also, (informal) the diploma provided by an educational institution attesting to the achievement of that rank; as, the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc.; to hang one's degrees on the office wall. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ In the United States diplomas are usually given as the evidence of a degree conferred. In the humanities the first degree is that of bachelor of arts (B. A. or A. B.); the second that of master of arts (M. A. or A. M.). The degree of bachelor (of arts, science, divinity, law, etc.) is conferred upon those who complete a prescribed course of undergraduate study. The first degree in medicine is that of doctor of medicine (M. D.). The degrees of master and doctor are also conferred, in course, upon those who have completed certain prescribed postgraduate studies, as doctor of philosophy (Ph. D.); the degree of doctor is also conferred as a complimentary recognition of eminent services in science or letters, or for public services or distinction (as doctor of laws (LL. D.) or doctor of divinity (D. D.), when they are called honorary degrees. [ 1913 Webster ]

The youth attained his bachelor's degree, and left the university. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Genealogy) A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground in Italy, that third cousins might marry, being in the seventh degree according to the civil law. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Arith.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222, 140 two degrees. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Algebra) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b3c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Trig.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer. 11. (Mus.) A line or space of the staff. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The short lines and their spaces are added degrees. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accumulation of degrees. (Eng. Univ.) See under Accumulation. --
By degrees, step by step; by little and little; by moderate advances. “I'll leave it by degrees.” Shak. --
Degree of a curve or
Degree of a surface (Geom.), the number which expresses the degree of the equation of the curve or surface in rectilinear coordinates. A straight line will, in general, meet the curve or surface in a number of points equal to the degree of the curve or surface and no more. --
Degree of latitude (Geog.), on the earth, the distance on a meridian between two parallels of latitude whose latitudes differ from each other by one degree. This distance is not the same on different parts of a meridian, on account of the flattened figure of the earth, being 68.702 statute miles at the equator, and 69.396 at the poles. --
Degree of longitude, the distance on a parallel of latitude between two meridians that make an angle of one degree with each other at the poles -- a distance which varies as the cosine of the latitude, being at the equator 69.16 statute miles. --
To a degree, to an extreme; exceedingly; as, mendacious to a degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

It has been said that Scotsmen . . . are . . . grave to a degree on occasions when races more favored by nature are gladsome to excess. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. possessing a college degree or degrees. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. going down by steps. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to eliminate laws, regulations, or customs which prohibit members of a specific racial or national group from using (certain locations, organizations, or facilities); to introduce members of a racial or religious group into (a community, facility, or organization from which they had been barred). [ PJC ]

n. the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community; the elimination of laws, regulations, or customs which prohibit members of a specific racial or national group from using certain locations, organizations, or facilities. In the 1960's and 1970's civil rights legislation was passed by the U. S. congress, prohibiting segregation by governmental agencies and in places of public accommodation, which resulteo in widospread besegregotion of schools and places of business. Some segregation remains in privately operated organizations.
Syn. -- integration, integrating. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ }, a. [ See Eager. ] Sharp; bitter; acid; sour. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The egre words of thy friend. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. See Eager, and Eagre. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. egregius; lit., separated or chosen from the herd, i. e., distinguished, excellent; e out + grex, gregis, herd. See Gregarious. ] Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake. [ 1913 Webster ]

The egregious impudence of this fellow. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

His [ Wyclif's ] egregious labors are not to be neglected. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being egregious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Agrimony. ] Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria). [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. egressus, fr. egredi to go out; e out + gradi to go. See Grade. ] 1. The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Embarred from all egress and regress. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gates of burning adamant,
Barred over us, prohibit all egress. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To go out; to depart; to leave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. egressio. ] The act of going; egress. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who goes out. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Aigret, Heron. ] 1. (Zoöl.) The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea egretta syn. Herodias egretta); the great egret (Ardea alba); the little egret (Ardea garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (Ardea candidissima). [ 1913 Webster ]

A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. G. W. Cable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zoöl.) A kind of ape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Aigrette. ] Same as Egret, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An African talisman or charm. [ 1913 Webster ]

A greegree man, an African magician or fetich priest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Philosophy, Logic) A causal relationship transmitted through an indefinite number of terms in a series, with no term that begins the causal chain. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Negresses [ Cf. F. négrese, fem. of négre a negro. See Negro. ] A black woman; a female negro. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. integrated. Opposite of segregated.
Syn. -- desegrated, unsegregated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 ]

n. [ L. regressus, fr. regredi, regressus. See Regrede. ] 1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. “The progress or regress of man”. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The power or liberty of passing back. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Regressed p. pr. & vb. n. Regressing. ] To go back; to return to a former place or state. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a cuspidal edge. --
Regression point (Geom.), a cusp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. régressif. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Passing back; returning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regressive metamorphism. (a) (Biol.) See Retrogression. (b) (Physiol.) See Katabolism. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a regressive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. regretter. See Regret, v. ] 1. Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction. “A passionate regret at sin.” Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

What man does not remember with regret the first time he read Robinson Crusoe? Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Never any prince expressed a more lively regret for the loss of a servant. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

From its peaceful bosom [ the grave ] spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dislike; aversion. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Grief; concern; sorrow; lamentation; repentance; penitence; self-condemnation. -- Regret, Remorse, Compunction, Contrition, Repentance. Regret does not carry with it the energy of remorse, the sting of compunction, the sacredness of contrition, or the practical character of repentance. We even apply the term regret to circumstance over which we have had no control, as the absence of friends or their loss. When connected with ourselves, it relates rather to unwise acts than to wrong or sinful ones. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Regretted p. pr. & vb. n. Regretting. ] [ F. regretter, OF. regreter; L. pref. re- re- + a word of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. grētan to weep, Icel. grāta. See Greet to lament. ] To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

a. Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. -- Re*gret"ful*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. segregatus, p. p. of segregare to separate; pref. se- aside + grex, gregis, a flock or herd. See Gregarious. ] 1. Separate; select. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Separated from others of the same kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Segregated p. pr. & vb. n. Segregating. ] To separate from others; to set apart. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are still segregated, Christians from Christians, under odious designations. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Geol.) To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. segregatio: cf. F. ségrégation. ] 1. The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process. [ 1913 Webster ]