·vi A part; a division.
II. Pass ·vi Estimation; character.
III. Pass ·vi To go through the intestines.
IV. Pass ·vi Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit.
V. Pass ·vt To make, as a thrust, punto, ·etc.
VI. Pass ·vi State of things; condition; predicament.
VII. Pass ·vi To take heed; to Care.
VIII. Pass ·vi To make a lunge or pass; to Thrust.
IX. Pass ·vt To emit from the bowels; to Evacuate.
X. Pass ·vi A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, ·etc., between the rolls.
XI. Pass ·vi To go beyond bounds; to Surpass; to be in excess.
XII. Pass ·vt To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money.
XIII. Pass ·vi To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along.
XIV. Pass ·vi A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.
XV. Pass ·vi A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an Adversary.
XVI. Pass ·vt To take a turn with (a line, gasket, ·etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
XVII. Pass ·vi To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass.
XVIII. Pass ·vt To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to Disregard.
XIX. Pass ·vi In football, hockey, ·etc., to make a pass; to transfer the ball, ·etc., to another player of one's own side.
XX. Pass ·vt To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance; as, to pass a person into a theater, or over a railroad.
XXI. Pass ·vi To go by or glide by, as time; to Elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly.
XXII. Pass ·add. ·vi In football, hockey, ·etc., to make pass; to transfer the ball, ·etc., to another player of one's own side.
XXIII. Pass ·add. ·noun In football, hockey, ·etc., a transfer of the ball, ·etc., to another player of one's side, usually at some distance.
XXIV. Pass ·vi To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed.
XXV. Pass ·vt To Transcend; to Surpass; to Excel; to Exceed.
XXVI. Pass ·vt To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, ·etc.
XXVII. Pass ·vi To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.
XXVIII. Pass ·vi To decline to take an optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to bid, or to bet, or to play a card; in euchre, to decline to make the trump.
XXIX. Pass ·vi Permission or license to pass, or to go and come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass.
XXX. Pass ·vt To cause to pass the lips; to Utter; to Pronounce; hence, to promise; to Pledge; as, to pass sentence.
XXXI. Pass ·vt To go from one limit to the other of; to Spend; to live through; to have experience of; to Undergo; to Suffer.
XXXII. Pass ·vt To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, ·etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate.
XXXIII. Pass ·vi To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands.
XXXIV. Pass ·vi An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass.
XXXV. Pass ·vi To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to Vanish; to Depart; specifically, to depart from life; to Die.
XXXVI. Pass ·vi To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress.
XXXVII. Pass ·vi To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to Occur; to Happen; to Come; to occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorily.
XXXVIII. Pass ·vi To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to Circulate; to be current;
— followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation.
XXXIX. Pass ·vt To cause to move or go; to Send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to Transmit; to Deliver; to Hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand.
XL. Pass ·vt To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to Ratify; to Enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law.
XLI. Pass ·vi To Go; to Move; to Proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit;
— usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, ·etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, ·etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, ·etc.