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† transˈpass, v. Obs. rare.
[= obs. F. transpasser ‘to passe or goe through, to passe ouer’ (Cotgr.), in med.L. transpassāre to go beyond (Du Cange), f. trans- + F. passer, med.L. passāre to pass. Cf. also It. trapassare ‘to passe through, away, or over, to decease, to die’ (Florio 1598), ‘to passe from life to death’ (ibid. 1611). Cf. trespass v.]
1. intr. To pass away, depart, die.
1592Daniel Descr. Beauty Wks. (1717) 422 Thy Form and flatter'd Hue, Which shall so soon transpass, Is far more fair than is thy Looking-glass.
2. intr. To pass or penetrate across or through; also trans., to pass beyond (a boundary or limit).
1626T. H[awkins] Caussin's Holy Crt. 176 It is impossible to deceyue God, whose eye..transpasseth through the abysses. 1629Maxwell tr. Herodian (1635) 320 Had transpassed the banks and bounds of the Roman Empire. 1646J. Gregory Notes & Obs. 74 The River Hyphasis..he transpassed, and set up Altars on the other side. |