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forpasses

forpasses is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 forpasses

What is forpasses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Forpasses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forpass.

Words near forpasses in the dictionary

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

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