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progredient, a. (n.) rare. ? Obs.|prəʊˈgriːdɪənt|
[ad. L. prōgrediens, -entem, pr. pple. of prōgred-ī to go forward, proceed, f. prō, pro-1 1 d + grad-ī to step, walk, go.]
Going forward, advancing. b. as n. One who advances. So † proˈgrediency, the quality or action of going forward, progress.
1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 131 An Index..of the Masculine generative faculty; and of that either erumpent, and progredient, or consumed. 1650T. Hubbert Pill Formality 54 He that is no Progredient, must needs be a Retrogredient. 1701Beverley Apoc. Quest. 10 The Continuation, and Progrediency of the Fourth, or Roman Monarchy. |