| Pass (pass) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Pass |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Passed (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Passing.] [F. passer, LL. passare, fr. L.
passus step, or from pandere, passum, to spread
out, lay open. See |
To go] to
move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to
another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or
adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to
pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly,
smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the
bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc.
To move or be transferred from one state or
condition to another; to change possession, condition, or
circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has
passed into other hands.
To move beyond the range of the senses or
of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart;
specifically, to depart from life; to die.
To move or to come into being or under
notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to
occur; to happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession; to
be present transitorily.
To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse;
to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly.
To go from one person to another; hence, to
be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to
obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be
current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or
estimation.
To advance through all the steps or stages
necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body
that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction;
to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill
passed both houses of Congress.
To go through any inspection or test
successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the
examination, but did not expect to pass.
To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated;
hence, to continue; to live along.
To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed
without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act
pass.
To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in
excess.
To take heed; to care.
To go through the intestines.
To be conveyed or transferred
by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate
passes by a certain clause in a deed.
To make a lunge or pass]
to thrust.
To
decline to take an optional action when it is one's turn, as to
decline to bid, or to bet, or to play a card] in euchre, to decline to
make the trump.
In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass;
to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own
side.
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To go by,
beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the
other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc.
To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person,
place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to
make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch
was passed from hand to hand.
To emit from the bowels; to
evacuate.
To take a turn with (a line,
gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
To make, as a thrust,
punto, etc.
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| Pass (pass) |
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| n. | |
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| Pass |
| and passe, fr. passer to pass. See Pass,
v. i.] |
An opening, road, or
track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some
dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile;
a ford; as, a mountain pass.
A thrust or push; an
attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
A movement of the hand over or along
anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.
A single passage of
a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls.
State of things; condition;
predicament.
Permission or license to pass, or to go and
come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a
railroad or theater pass; a military pass.
Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit.
Estimation; character.
A part; a
division.
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In football, hockey, etc.,
a transfer of the ball, etc., to another player of one's side, usually
at some distance.
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In football, hockey,
etc., to make pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of
one's own side.
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