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forpassing

forpassing is the present participle and gerund 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 forpassing

What is forpassing the present participle and gerund of?
Forpassing is the present participle and gerund of forpass.

Words near forpassing in the dictionary

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

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