repass
UK/ɹiːˈpɑːs/
repass verb: to pass (back) again, especially in the opposite direction; to return.
Verb
repass (third-person singular simple present repasses, present participle repassing, simple past and past participle repassed)
- To pass (back) again, especially in the opposite direction; to return.
- Isabell Queene of England, being to repasse from Zeland into her Kingdome with an armie, […] had utterly beene cast away, had she come unto the Port intended […]., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.221
- the grate of brass
Through which they thrust me, open stood the while, […]
The grate, as they departed to repass,
With horrid clangour fell, and the far sound
Of their retiring steps in the dense gloom was drowned.1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC...
Forms of repass
| third-person singular present | repasses |
|---|---|
| present participle | repassing |
| past participle | repassed |
| past | repassed |
Origin of repass
Partly from Anglo-Norman repasser, partly from re- + pass.
Questions about repass
- What does repass mean?
- Repass means to pass (back) again, especially in the opposite direction; to return.
- What part of speech is repass?
- Repass is a verb.
- How do you pronounce repass?
- Repass is pronounced /ɹiːˈpɑːs/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of repass?
- The past tense of repass is repassed.
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