P`ASS, v.i. [Eng. pat, and as a noun, a pass, a defile, an ambling, pace; passen, to be fit, to suit; L. patior, whence passion, to suffer, and peto, competo, in the sense of fit; Gr. to walk or step, to suffer; The word pass coincides with L. passus, a step, and this is from pando, L. passus, a step, and this is from pando, to extend; n being casual, the original word was pado.

1. A narrow passage, entrance or avenue; a narrow or difficult place of entrance and exit; as, a pass between mountains. – Encyc. Clarendon.
2. A passage; a road. – Ralegh.
3. Permission to pass, to go or to come; a license to pass; a passport. A gentleman had a pass to go beyond the seas. – Clarendon. A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy agent. – Kent.
4. An order for sending vagrants and impotent persons to their place of abode. – Johnson.
5. In fencing and fighting, a thrust; a push; attempt to stab or strike; as, to make a pass at an antagonist.
6. State; condition or extreme case; extremity. To what a pass are our minds brought. – Sidney. Matters have been brought to this pass. – South.

1. To move, in almost any manner; to go; to proceed from one place to another. A man may pass on foot, on horseback or in a carriage; a bird and a meteor pass through the air; a ship passes on or through the water; light passes from the sun to the planets; it passes from the sun to the earth in about eight minutes.
2. To move from one state to another; to alter or change or to be changed in condition; as, to pass from health to sickness; to pass from just to unjust. – Temple.
3. To vanish; to disappear; to be lost. In this sense, we usually say, to pass away. Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass. – Dryden.
4. To be spent; to go on or away progressively. The time when the thing existed, is the idea of that span of duration which passed between some fixed period and the being of that thing. – Locke.
5. To die in to depart from life. [Little used.] – Shak.
6. To be in any state; to undergo; with under; as, to pass under the rod.
7. To be enacted; to receive the sanction of a legislative house or body by a majority of votes. Neither of these bills has yet passed the house of commons. – Swift.
8. To be current; to gain reception or to be generally received. Bank bills pass as a substitute for coin. False eloquence passeth only where true is not understood. – Felton.
9. To be regarded; to be received in opinion or estimation. This will not pass for a fault in him, till it is proved to one in us. – Atterbury.
10. To occur; to be present; to take place; as, to notice what passes in the mind. – Watts.
11. To be done. Provided no indirect act pass upon our prayers to defile them. – Taylor.
12. To determine; to give judgment or sentence. Though well we may not pass upon his life. – Shak.
13. To thrust; to make a push in fencing or fighting. – Shak.
14. To omit; to suffer to go unheeded or neglected. We saw the act, but let it pass.
15. To move through any duct or opening; as, substances in the stomach that will not pass, nor be converted into ailment. – Arbuthnot.
16. To percolate; to be secreted; as, juices that pass from the glands into the mouth.
17. To be in a tolerable state. A middling sort of man was left well enough by his father to pass, but he could never think he had enough, so long as any had more. – L'Estrange.
18. To be transferred from one owner to another. The land article passed by livery and seizin.
19. To go beyond bounds. [Obs.] For this we generally use surpass. – Shak.
20. To run or extend; as a line or other thing. The north limit of Massachusetts passes three miles north of the Merrimac. To come to pass, to happen; to arrive; to come; to be; to exist; a phrase much used in the Scriptures. To pass away, to move from sight; to vanish. #2. To be spent; to be lost. A good part of their lives passes away without thinking. Locke. To pass by, to move near and beyond. He passed by as we stood in the road. To pass on, to proceed. To pass over, to go or move from side to side; to cross; as, to pass over to the other side. To pass into, to unite and blend, as two substances or colors, in such a manner that it is impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins.

1. To go beyond. The sun has passed the meridian. The young man has not passed the age of frivolousness.
2. To go through or over; as, to pass a river.
3. To spend; to live through; as, to pass time; to pass the night in revelry, and the day in sleep.
4. To cause to move; to send; as, to pass the bottle from one guest to another; to pass a pauper from one town to another; to pass a rope round a yard; to pass the blood from the right to the left ventricle of the heart. – Derham.
5. To cause to move hastily. I had only time to pass my eye over the medals, which are in great number. – Addison.
6. To transfer from one owner to another; to sell or assign; as, to pass land from A. to B. by deed; to pass a note or bill.
7. To strain; to cause to percolate; as, to pass wine through a filter. – Bacon.
8. To utter; to pronounce; as, to pass compliments; to pass sentence or judgment; to pass censure on another's works. – Watts.
9. To procure or cause to go. Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge. – Clarendon.
10. To put an end to. This night We'll pass the business privately and well. – Shak.
11. To omit; to neglect either to do or to mention. I pass their warlike pomp, their proud array. – Dryden.
12. To transcend; to transgress or go beyond; as, to pass the bounds of moderation.
13. To admit; to allow; to approve and receive as valid or just; as, to pass an account at the war-office.
14. To approve or sanction by a constitutional or legal majority of votes; as, the house of representatives passed the bill. Hence,
15. To enact; to carry through all the forms necessary to give validity; as, the legislature passed the bill into a law.
16. To impose fraudulently; as, she passed the child on her husband for a boy. – Dryden.
17. To practice artfully; to cause to succeed; as, to pass a trick on one.
18. To surpass; to excel; to exceed.
19. To thrust; to make a push in fencing. To see thee fight, to see thee pass thy puncto. – Shak. To pass away, to spend; to waste; as, to pass away the flower of life in idleness. To pass by, to pass near and beyond. #2. To overlook; to excuse; to forgive; not to censure or punish; as, to pass by a crime or fault. #3. To neglect; to disregard. Certain passages of Scripture we can not pass by without injury to truth. – Burnet. To pass over, to move from side to side; to cross; as, to pass over a river or mountain. #2. To omit; to overlook or disregard. He passed over one charge without a reply.

1. 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.
   
   
   "But now pass over [i. e., pass on]." Chaucer.

   On high behests his angels to and fro
   Passed frequent. Milton.

   Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths,
   And from their bodies passed. Coleridge.

2. 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.
   
   
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3. 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.
   
   

   "Try not the pass!" the old man said. Longfellow.

4. In football, hockey, etc., a transfer of the ball, etc., to another player of one's side, usually at some distance.
5. In football, hockey, etc., to make pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side.
6. 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.
   
   

   Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass from just to unjust. Sir W. Temple.

7. 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.
   
   

   I had only time to pass my eye over the medals. Addison.

   Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge. Clarendon.

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8. A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
   
   
   Shak.
9. 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.
   
   

   Disturb him not, let him pass paceably. Shak.

   Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass. Dryden.

   The passing of the sweetest soul
   That ever looked with human eyes. Tennyson.

10. To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.
11. A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.
12. 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.
    
    

    So death passed upon all men. Rom. v. 12.

    Our own consciousness of what passes within our own mind. I. Watts.

13. To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
14. A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls.
15. To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly.
    
    

    Now the time is far passed. Mark vi. 35

16. To make, as a thrust, punto, etc.
    
    
    Shak.

    Passed midshipman. See under Midshipman. -- To pass a dividend, to omit the declaration and payment of a dividend at the time when due. -- To pass away, to spend; to waste. "Lest she pass away the flower of her age." Ecclus. xlii. 9. -- To pass by. (a) To disregard; to neglect. (b) To excuse; to spare; to overlook. -- To pass off, to impose fraudulently; to palm off. "Passed himself off as a bishop." Macaulay. -- To pass (something) on or upon (some one), to put upon as a trick or cheat; to palm off. "She passed the child on her husband for a boy." Dryden. -- To pass over, to overlook; not to note or resent; as, to pass over an affront.

17. State of things; condition; predicament.
    
    

    Have his daughters brought him to this pass. Shak.

    Matters have been brought to this pass. South.

18. 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.
    
    
    "Let him pass for a man." Shak.

    False eloquence passeth only where true is not understood. Felton.

    This will not pass for a fault in him. Atterbury.

19. 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.
    
    

    A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy. Kent.

20. 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.
21. Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit.
    
    
    Shak.
22. To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.
23. Estimation; character.
    
    
    [Obs.]

    Common speech gives him a worthy pass. Shak.

24. To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along.
    
    
    "The play may pass." Shak.
25. A part; a division.
    
    
    [Obs.] Chaucer.

    Pass boat (Naut.), a punt, or similar boat. -- Pass book. (a) A book in which a trader enters articles bought on credit, and then passes or sends it to the purchaser. (b) See Bank book. -- Pass box (Mil.), a wooden or metallic box, used to carry cartridges from the service magazine to the piece. -- Pass check, a ticket of admission to a place of entertainment, or of readmission for one who goes away in expectation of returning.

26. To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass.
27. To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.
    
    
    [Obs.] "This passes, Master Ford." Shak.
28. To take heed; to care.
    
    
    [Obs.]

    As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not. Shak.

29. To go through the intestines.
    
    
    Arbuthnot.
30. To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed.
    
    
    Mozley *** W.
31. To make a lunge or pass] to thrust.
32. 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.
    
    

    She would not play, yet must not pass. Prior.

33. In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side.
    
    
    
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    To bring to pass, To come to pass. See under Bring, and Come. -- To pass away, to disappear; to die; to vanish. "The heavens shall pass away." 2 Pet. iii. 10. "I thought to pass away before, but yet alive I am." Tennyson. -- To pass by, to go near and beyond a certain person or place; as, he passed by as we stood there. -- To pass into, to change by a gradual transmission; to blend or unite with. -- To pass on, to proceed. -- To pass on or upon. (a) To happen to; to come upon; to affect. "So death passed upon all men." Rom. v. 12. "Provided no indirect act pass upon our prayers to define them." Jer. Taylor. (b) To determine concerning; to give judgment or sentence upon. "We may not pass upon his life." Shak. -- To pass off, to go away; to cease; to disappear; as, an agitation passes off. -- To pass over, to go from one side or end to the other; to cross, as a river, road, or bridge.