make the passes
make the passes verb: to perform a hypnotic technique involving running the hands over the head and body of the subject.
Verb
make the passes (third-person singular simple present makes the passes, present participle making the passes, simple past and past participle made the passes)
- To perform a hypnotic technique involving running the hands over the head and body of the subject.
- […] he did not stop to think, but hastened to make the ‘passes’ as the technical phrase styles certain unmeaning motions of the hands and arms.1837, anonymous author, Means Without Living, Boston: Weeks, Jordan & Co., pages 37–38
- Every man and woman, it appears, may magnetize; but the number susceptible of the magnetic influence is much more limited. Every one may make the “passes;” but some mysterious or unexplained condition is necessary in order to imbibe the mysterious fluid. One patient will go into magnetic sleep in a...1838 July, “Animal Magnetism”, in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume 5, number 55, page 460
Forms of make the passes
| third-person singular present | makes the passes |
|---|---|
| present participle | making the passes |
| past participle | made the passes |
| past | made the passes |
Questions about make the passes
- What does make the passes mean?
- Make the passes means to perform a hypnotic technique involving running the hands over the head and body of the subject.
- What part of speech is make the passes?
- Make the passes is a verb.
- What is the past tense of make the passes?
- The past tense of make the passes is made the passes.
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