ingress

The act of entering.

Looking about him while in this state of suspense, Charles Darnay observed that the gate was held by a mixed guard of soldiers and patriots, the latter far outnumbering the former; and that while ingress into the city for peasants’ carts bringing in supplies, and for similar traffic and traffickers, was easy enough, egress, even for the homeliest people, was very difficult.

Now could be beheld that change from the handsome to the curious which the features of a wood undergo at the ingress of the winter months.

A permission to enter.

All ingress was prohibited.

My fingers clawed futilely at the unyielding portal, while my eyes sought in vain for a duplicate of the button which had given us ingress. And then, from unseen lips, a cruel and mocking peal of laughter rang through the desolate place.

A door or other means of entering.

The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc.

To intrude or insert oneself

"Were you asleep? Did I disturb you?" he would ask, seeing Fyodor flat on his back on the sofa, and then, ingressing entirely, he would shut the door tightly behind him and sit by Fyodor 's feet

When the tub was full I ingressed into the water gently, insinuating my body in a bit at a time, enjoying the sensual pleasure of the extreme heat on the lower part of my body […]

To enter (a specified location or area)

"We ingressed North Vietnam over Cam Pha on a westerly heading," reported Captain Madden.

We were ingressing the target area.

To enter into a zodiacal sign

The middle of March finds " Mars ingressing upon the 16th degree of Capricorn, where the sun has arrived in the nativity of Lord Palmerston," […]

To manifest or cause to be manifested in the temporal world; to effect ingression

A surname.