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| to spend time idly; loaf. |
| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
| regress | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to return or revert, as to a former place, condition, or mode of behaviour |
| 2. | (tr) statistics to measure the extent to which (a dependent variable) is associated with one or more independent variables |
| —n | |
| 3. | the act of regressing |
| 4. | movement in a backward direction; retrogression |
| 5. | logic a supposed explanation each stage of which requires to be similarly explained, as saying that knowledge requires a justification in terms of propositions themselves known to be true |
| [C14: from Latin regressus a retreat, from regredī to go back, from | |
| re'gressor | |
| —n | |