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▪ I. † ˈby-ˌpassing, vbl. n. Obs. [f. by- 2 a.] The action of going past: said both of the movements of a person and of the lapse of time.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (1531) 3 The great mystery of this by passynge of god. 1621Sc. Acts Jas. VI, iii. ⁋1 If they fayle therein at the by-passing of every one of the sayde Tearmes. ▪ II. ˈby-passing, pres. pple. rare. Passing, surpassing.
1839Bailey Festus x. (1848) 107 By-passing all night's constellated chart. |