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unpass

unpass verb: to undo the passing of; to cause (a law, etc.) not to have been passed.

Verb

unpass (third-person singular simple present unpasses, present participle unpassing, simple past and past participle unpassed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To undo the passing of; to cause (a law, etc.) not to have been passed.
    • One of the interesting features of the Universal Town Meeting as it has evolved at this time is its role in reviewing decisions of Congress to "unpass" obsolete laws, after receiving brief written arguments of 25 words or less […]1998, Joel Levin, Roberta Kevelson, Revolutions, Institutions, Law: Eleventh Round Table on Law and Semiotics

Forms of unpass

third-person singular presentunpasses
present participleunpassing
past participleunpassed
pastunpassed

Origin of unpass

From un- + pass.

Questions about unpass

What does unpass mean?
Unpass means to undo the passing of; to cause (a law, etc.) not to have been passed.
What part of speech is unpass?
Unpass is a verb.
What is the past tense of unpass?
The past tense of unpass is unpassed.

Words near unpass in the dictionary

  1. unpartitions
  2. unpartizan
  3. unpartnered
  4. unparts
  5. unparty
  6. unpass
  7. unpassable
  8. unpassableness
  9. unpassably
  10. unpassed
  11. unpasses

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