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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Progress  \Pro*gress"\  (?;  formerly  pronounced  like  {Progress}, 
  n.),  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Progressed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Progressing}.] 
  1.  To  make  progress;  to  move  forward  in  space;  to  continue 
  onward  in  course;  to  proceed;  to  advance;  to  go  on  as 
  railroads  are  progressing.  ``As  his  recovery  progressed.'' 
  --Thackeray. 
 
  Let  me  wipe  off  this  honorable  dew,  That  silverly 
  doth  progress  on  thy  checks.  --Shak. 
 
  They  progress  in  that  style  in  proportion  as  their 
  pieces  are  treated  with  contempt.  --Washington. 
 
  The  war  had  progressed  for  some  time.  --Marshall. 
 
  2.  To  make  improvement;  to  advance.  --Bayard. 
 
  If  man  progresses,  art  must  progress  too  --Caird. 




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