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Allegretto Allegretto Al`le*gret"to, a. [It., dim. of allegro.] (Mus.)
Quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro. -- n. A
movement in this time.
Ardea or Herodias egretta Egret E"gret, n. [See Aigret, Heron.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The name of several species of herons which
bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among
the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, or
Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the
little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American
snowy egret (A. candidissima).
A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. --G. W.
Cable.
2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress,
or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.
3. (Bot.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or
achenes, as the down of the thistle.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of ape.
Egrette Egrette E*grette", n. [See Aigrette.]
Same as Egret, n., 2.
Regretted Regret Re*gret", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regretted (-t[e^]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Regretting.] [F. regretter, OF. regreter; L.
pref. re- re- + a word of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth.
gr[=e]tan to weep, Icel. gr[=a]ta. See Greet to lament.]
To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a
sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account
of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an
error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.
Calmly he looked on either life, and here Saw nothing
to regret, or there to fear. --Pope.
In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to regret
their slavery, and to murmur against their leader.
--Macaulay.
Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had
been violently taken. --Macaulay.
Regretting Regret Re*gret", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regretted (-t[e^]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Regretting.] [F. regretter, OF. regreter; L.
pref. re- re- + a word of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth.
gr[=e]tan to weep, Icel. gr[=a]ta. See Greet to lament.]
To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a
sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account
of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an
error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.
Calmly he looked on either life, and here Saw nothing
to regret, or there to fear. --Pope.
In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to regret
their slavery, and to murmur against their leader.
--Macaulay.
Recruits who regretted the plow from which they had
been violently taken. --Macaulay.
