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Jer. Taylor.

In"gress (?), n. [L. ingressus, fr. ingredi. See Ingredient.]

1. The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.

2. Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited.

3. (Astron.) The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.

In"gress (?), v. i. To go in; to enter. [R.]

In*gres"sion (?), n. [L. ingressio: cf. F. ingression.] Act of entering; entrance. Sir K. Digby.

In*grieve (?), v. t. To render more grievous; to aggravate. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

In*groove" (?), v. t. To groove in; to join in or with a groove. Tennyson.

In*gross" (?), v. t. See Engross.

In"grow`ing (?), a. Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance.

Ingrowing nail, one whose edges are becoming imbedded in the adjacent flesh.

In"growth` (?), n. A growth or development inward. J. LeConte.

||In"guen (?), n. [L. inguen, inguinis.] (Anat.) The groin. || In*guilt"y (?), a. Not guilty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

In"gui*nal (?), a. [L. inguinalis, fr. inguen, inguinis, the groin: cf. F. inguinal.] (Astron. & Med.) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal hernia.

Inguinal ring. See Abdominal ring, under Abdominal.

In*gulf" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingulfed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ingulfing.] [Cf. Engulf.] [Written also engulf.] To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf.

A river large . . . Passed underneath ingulfed.

Milton.

In*gulf"ment (?), n. The act of ingulfing, or the state of being ingulfed.

In*gur"gi*tate (?), v. t. [L. ingurgitatus, p. p. of ingurgitare to pour in; pref. in- in + gurges whirlpool, gulf.]

1. To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle. Cleveland.

2. To swallow up, as in a gulf. Fotherby.

In*gur"gi*tate, v. i. To guzzle; to swill. Burton.

In*gur`gi*ta"tion (?), n. [L. ingurgitatio: cf. F. ingurgitation.] The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed. E. Darwin.

He drowned his stomach and senses with a large draught and ingurgitation of wine.

Bacon.

In*gust"a*ble (?), a. [L. ingustabilis. See Gustable.] Tasteless; insipid. Sir T. Browne.