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 ]

n. [ Cf. F. pas (for sense 1), and passe, fr. passer to pass. See Pass, v. i. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

“Try not the pass!” the old man said. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Rolling Metals) A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. State of things; condition; predicament. [ 1913 Webster ]

Have his daughters brought him to this pass. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Matters have been brought to this pass. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Estimation; character. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Common speech gives him a worthy pass. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. [ Cf. Passus. ] A part; a division. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. (Sports) In football, hockey, and other team sports, a transfer of the ball, puck, etc., to another player of one's own team, usually at some distance. In American football, the pass is through the air by an act of throwing the ball. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

Pass boat (Naut.), a punt, or similar boat. --
Pass book. (a) A book in which a trader enters articles bought on credit, and then passes or sends it to the purchaser. (b) See Bank book. --
Pass box (Mil.), a wooden or metallic box, used to carry cartridges from the service magazine to the piece. --
Pass check, a ticket of admission to a place of entertainment, or of readmission for one who goes away in expectation of returning. [ 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 ]