Egressed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Went out or exited a place, usually referring to leaving a building or enclosed area
2. Moved from the inside to the outside, indicating the act of leaving or departing
3. Departed from an interior space to the outside environment, conveying the action of exiting

Etymology: "Egressed" is the past tense of "egress," a verb that means to go out. The verb's root is Latin "ēgredī," built from "ex-" meaning "out" and "gradi," meaning "to step" or "to walk." Put together, the Latin verb literally describes stepping out, and the English word keeps that plain physical sense of leaving an enclosed place for the open air. Because "egressed" is the simple past of "egress," it inherits its whole history: the Latin past participle "ēgressus" gave English the noun and verb forms, and the -ed ending simply marks the action as completed. The sense of walking out of a building or room has stayed remarkably stable across the centuries, which is unusual for a word that has been in use since Latin.

Synonyms: exited, departed

Antonyms: entered, arrived