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regredior

Regredior is a Latin deponent verb of the third conjugation meaning “to go back, return, retreat.” As a deponent, it has active meaning while its forms are passive in form. Its principal parts are regredior, regredi, regressus sum. The infinitive is regredi, and the perfect participle is regressus sum. In ordinary usage, verbs of this class are conjugated with passive endings, even though they translate actively.

Usage and range of meaning include returning to a place previously left, retreating from action, or returning

Cognates in English include regress, regression, and progressive forms that derive from the same Latin root.

See also: regressor (in English usage), regression, regredi.

to
a
former
state
or
condition.
The
verb
is
commonly
used
with
directional
phrases,
for
example
with
ad
or
in
to
indicate
destination
(regredi
ad
urbem,
to
return
to
the
city)
or
with
ex
or
de
to
indicate
departure
from
a
place
or
action
(regredi
ex
castris).
Metaphorical
or
figurative
senses
of
going
back
or
retreating
are
also
attested
in
classical
Latin.
regredior
appears
in
a
variety
of
authors
from
the
classical
period,
and
it
is
often
cited
in
Latin
dictionaries
and
grammars
as
a
representative
deponent
verb
of
movement
or
return.