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forpassed

forpassed is the simple past and past participle of forpass.

Meaning of forpass

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

Questions about forpassed

What is forpassed the simple past and past participle of?
Forpassed is the simple past and past participle of forpass.

Words near forpassed in the dictionary

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

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