transpass
transpass verb: to pass over or through.
Verb
transpass (third-person singular simple present transpasses, present participle transpassing, simple past and past participle transpassed)
- To pass over or through.
- Alexander transpassed the river.
- […] not containing himselfe within the River Tigris, had transpassed the bankes and bounds of the Romane Empire and made a rode into Mesopotamia, threatning to inuade Syria, and challenging the opposite Continent to Europe […]1629, Herodian, Herodian of Alexandria His History of Tvventy Roman CÆsars and Emperors … Interpreted Out of the Greeke Originall, page 7
Examples of transpass in a sentence
- […] there would be no limits which cannot be transpassed without provoking international protests.1977 March 29, Wil D. Verwey, Riot Control Agents and Herbicides in War: Their Humanitarian, Toxicological, Ecological, Military...
- […] Cristobal de Acuña writes in his preface that they arrived in Pará on December 12, 1639, '... after having transpassed the mountains which feed the beginning of the great river, [...]'2012 December 6, H. Sioli, The Amazon: Limnology and landscape ecology of a mighty tropical river and its basin, Springer Science &...
Synonyms of transpass
Forms of transpass
| third-person singular present | transpasses |
|---|---|
| present participle | transpassing |
| past participle | transpassed |
| past | transpassed |
Origin of transpass
From trans- + pass?
Questions about transpass
- What does transpass mean?
- Transpass means to pass over or through.
- How do you use transpass in a sentence?
- […] there would be no limits which cannot be transpassed without provoking international protests.
- What part of speech is transpass?
- Transpass is a verb.
- What is the past tense of transpass?
- The past tense of transpass is transpassed.
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