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forpass

forpass verb: to go by; pass, go past; pass unnoticed; cross.

Verb

forpass (third-person singular simple present forpasses, present participle forpassing, simple past and past participle forpassed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go by; pass, go past; pass unnoticed; cross.
    • One day, as he forpassed by the plaine / With weary pace, he farre away espide / A couple […]1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book III, canto x
    Synonyms:
    slip by
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To go beyond, exceed; surpass.
    Synonyms:
    outstep

Synonyms of forpass

Forms of forpass

third-person singular presentforpasses
present participleforpassing
past participleforpassed
pastforpassed

Origin of forpass

From for- + pass.

Questions about forpass

What does forpass mean?
Forpass means to go by; pass, go past; pass unnoticed; cross.
What part of speech is forpass?
Forpass is a verb.
What is the past tense of forpass?
The past tense of forpass is forpassed.

Words near forpass in the dictionary

  1. forodesine
  2. forold
  3. Foronda
  4. Forondas
  5. Foroohar
  6. forpass
  7. forpassed
  8. forpasses
  9. forpassing
  10. forpet
  11. forpets

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