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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as,
their vacation passed pleasantly. |
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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. |
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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. |
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To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be
approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not
expect to pass. |
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To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to
continue; to live along. |
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To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance
or opposition; as, we let this act pass. |
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To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. |
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To take heed; to care. |
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To go through the intestines. |
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To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other
instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a
deed. |
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To make a lunge or pass; to thrust. |
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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. |
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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. |
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To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live
through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer. |
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To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take
no note of; to disregard. |
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To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed. |
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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. |
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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. |
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To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence,
to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence. |
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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. |
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To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass
counterfeit money. |
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To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance; as,
to pass a person into a theater, or over a railroad. |
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To emit from the bowels; to evacuate. |
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To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a
sail in furling, and make secure. |
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To make, as a thrust, punto, etc. |
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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. |
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A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an
adversary. |
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A movement of the hand over or along anything; the
manipulation of a mesmerist. |
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A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the
rolls. |
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State of things; condition; predicament. |
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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. |
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Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit. |
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Estimation; character. |
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A part; a division. |
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