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Webster 1913 Edition
Progressive
Pro-gress′ive
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
progressif
.] 1.
Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing;
as,
; – opposed to progressive
motion or courseretrograde
. 2.
Improving;
as, art is in a
. progressive
stateProgressive euchre
or Progressive whist
a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table.
– Progressive muscular atrophy
(Med.)
, a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles.
Pro-gress′ive-ly
, adv.
Pro-gress′ive-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Progressive
PROGRESS'IVE
,Adj.
1.
Improving. The arts are in a progressive state.