pass

v. i. [ 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 Pace. ] 1. 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. “But now pass over [ i. e., pass on ].” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

On high behests his angels to and fro
Passed frequent. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths,
And from their bodies passed. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass from just to unjust. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disturb him not, let him pass paceably. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The passing of the sweetest soul
That ever looked with human eyes. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

So death passed upon all men. Rom. v. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our own consciousness of what passes within our own mind. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now the time is far passed. Mark vi. 35 [ 1913 Webster ]

6. 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. “Let him pass for a man.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

False eloquence passeth only where true is not understood. Felton. [ 1913 Webster ]

This will not pass for a fault in him. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along. “The play may pass.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. [ Obs. ] “This passes, Master Ford.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. To take heed; to care. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

13. To go through the intestines. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

14. (Law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

15. (Fencing) To make a lunge or pass; to thrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

16. (Card Playing) To decline to play in one's turn; in euchre, to decline to make the trump. [ 1913 Webster ]

She would not play, yet must not pass. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bring to pass,
To come to pass. See under Bring, and Come. --
To pass away, to disappear; to die; to vanish. “The heavens shall pass away.” 2 Pet. iii. 10. “I thought to pass away before, but yet alive I am.” Tennyson. --
To pass by, to go near and beyond a certain person or place; as, he passed by as we stood there. --
To pass into, to change by a gradual transmission; to blend or unite with. --
To pass on, to proceed. --
To pass on or
To pass upon. (a) To happen to; to come upon; to affect. “So death passed upon all men.” Rom. v. 12. “Provided no indirect act pass upon our prayers to define them.” Jer. Taylor. (b) To determine concerning; to give judgment or sentence upon. “We may not pass upon his life.” Shak. --
To pass off, to go away; to cease; to disappear; as, an agitation passes off. --
To pass over, to go from one side or end to the other; to cross, as a river, road, or bridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. In simple, transitive senses; as: (a) 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. (b) Hence: To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer. “To pass commodiously this life.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

She loved me for the dangers I had passed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Please you that I may pass This doing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I pass their warlike pomp, their proud array. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed. [ 1913 Webster ]

And strive to pass . . .
Their native music by her skillful art. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose tender power
Passes the strength of storms in their most desolate hour. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

(e) To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In causative senses: as: (a) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had only time to pass my eye over the medals. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Father, thy word is passed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law. (e) To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money. “Pass the happy news.” Tennyson. (f) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance; as, to pass a person into a theater, or over a railroad. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To emit from the bowels; to evacuate. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Fencing) To make, as a thrust, punto, etc. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Passed midshipman. See under Midshipman. --
To pass a dividend, to omit the declaration and payment of a dividend at the time when due. --
To pass away, to spend; to waste. “Lest she pass away the flower of her age.” Ecclus. xlii. 9. --
To pass by. (a) To disregard; to neglect. (b) To excuse; to spare; to overlook. --
To pass off, to impose fraudulently; to palm off. “Passed himself off as a bishop.” Macaulay. --
To pass (something) on (some one) or
To pass (something) upon (some one), to put upon as a trick or cheat; to palm off. “She passed the child on her husband for a boy.” Dryden. --
To pass over, to overlook; not to note or resent; as, to pass over an affront. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. passable. ] 1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats. [ 1913 Webster ]

His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current. [ 1913 Webster ]

With men as with false money -- one piece is more or less passable than another. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Could they have made this slander passable. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Such as may be accepted or allowed to pass without serious objection; adequate; acceptable; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is absent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being passable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Tolerably; moderately. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Sp. pasacalle a certain tune on the guitar, prop., a tune played in passing through the streets. ] (Mus.) An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. passade; cf. Sp. pasada. See Pass, v. i. ] 1. (Fencing) A pass or thrust. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Man.) A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. passage. See Pass, v. i. ] 1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

What! are my doors opposed against my passage! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ship in which he had taken passage. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [ R. ] “Endure thy mortal passage.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he is fit and season'd for his passage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor. [ 1913 Webster ]

And with his pointed dart
Explores the nearest passage to his heart. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Persian army had advanced into the . . . passages of Cilicia. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time. [ 1913 Webster ]

The conduct and passage of affairs. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

The passage and whole carriage of this action. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. “In thy passages of life.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The . . . almost incredible passage of their unbelief. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause. [ 1913 Webster ]

How commentators each dark passage shun. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Reception; currency. [ Obs. ] Sir K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

No passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed. “The passage of the Stamp Act.” D. Hosack. [ 1913 Webster ]

The final question was then put upon its passage. Cushing. [ 1913 Webster ]

In passage, in passing; cursorily. “These . . . have been studied but in passage.” Bacon. --
Middle passage,
Northeast passage,
Northwest passage. See under Middle, Northeast, etc. --
Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. “Birds of passage.” Longfellow. --
Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration. --
Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, -- usually for carrying passengers by water. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule. [ 1913 Webster ]