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repassing

repassing is the present participle and gerund of repass.

Meaning of repass

Verb

repass (third-person singular simple present repasses, present participle repassing, simple past and past participle repassed)

  1. 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

Noun

repassing (plural repassings)

  1. The act of passing back again.
    • And since he did not see Louie by the folding door, Louie knew that in his former passings and repassings he could not have seen her either.1913, Oliver Onions, The Story of Louie

Forms of repassing

pluralrepassings

Questions about repassing

What does repassing mean?
Repassing means the act of passing back again.
What is repassing the present participle and gerund of?
Repassing is the present participle and gerund of repass.
What part of speech is repassing?
Repassing is a noun.
What is the plural of repassing?
The plural of repassing is repassings.

Words near repassing in the dictionary

  1. repassage
  2. repassages
  3. repassant
  4. repassed
  5. repasses
  6. repassing
  7. repassings
  8. repassion
  9. repassivation
  10. repassivations
  11. repast

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