† outpassingn.
Obsolete.
1. The action of going out or away; wandering; egress, departure; expiry.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun]
outcome?c1225
issuea1325
outgoing?c1335
outpassinga1387
out-passagea1398
outgatea1400
ishingc1422
egression?a1425
exiture?a1425
issuing?a1425
ush1429
excessc1450
ish1513
egress1528
getting out1599
exitus1608
excession1656
evasiona1659
exition1663
outgo1858
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun]
departing?c1225
partingc1300
withdrawingc1315
departc1330
wendingc1330
outpassinga1387
goinga1400
discessc1425
departisona1450
departmentc1450
going awayc1450
departition1470
departurec1515
recess1531
avoidance1563
parture1567
waygate1575
departance1579
exit1596
remotion1608
voiding1612
recession1630
recedence1641
recede1649
partment1663
recedure1712
leaving1719
off-going1727
quittance1757
departal1823
pull-out1825
pull-awaya1829
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > coming or bringing to an end > coming to an end or expiry
endc1000
ush1463
outrunning1483
extermination1490
ish1502
expirement1526
concluding1530
expiration1562
closing1598
terminating1598
cessure1607
outpassing1609
expire1612
expiring1612
expiry1807
cesser1809
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 13 (MED) Þe firste ȝere of Salamon was þe out passynge [L. emigratio] of þat nacioun Ionica of Lacedemonia.
a1425 Benjamin Minor (Harl. 1022) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 172 (MED) Lete hym study forto refreyne þe outpassyng of is mynde.
c1450 (c1400) Julian of Norwich Revelations Divine Love: Shorter Version (1978) 40 (MED) I desyrede to hafe..alle the dredes & tempestes of feyndys & alle manere of..paynes of the owȝte passynge of the sawlle.
1496 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 238/2 Anent the inbringing of bulyeoune,..and of the outpassing thairof of the Realme.
1522 Dundee Burgh Court Bks. I. f. 113v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Outpassin For the wrangous outpassing contempnandly owt of thar hous of fens.
1563 Rec. Dumfries Burgh Court in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue f. 197 v, at Outpassin(g He sall nocht molest..the inpassing & outepassing to the litill schop within the stane stair.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 52 b (Stat. Robt. III, c. 2 §5) Before the ischew or outpassing of the ȝeare and day.
2. Evacuation or excretion from the body.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > defecation > [noun]
purgationa1387
shitting1386
officec1395
outpassinga1398
subduction?a1425
easementa1438
cuckingc1440
siegea1475
evacuation?1533
stool1541
egestion1547
dunging1558
purging1579
stooling1599
cackc1600
motion1602
dejection1605
excretion1640
exclusion1646
purgament1650
exoneration1651
disenteration1654
orduring1654
crapping1673
passage1681
seat1697
opening1797
defecation1825
excreting1849
poopc1890
movement1891
job1899
shit?1927
crap1937
dump1942
soiling1943
gick1959
jobbie1981
pooh1981
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 58v By grete humour..stoppinge þe neþir parties of þe guttis & lettinge þe outpassinge of drit.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 61 Sche is most Igreued in trauaile whanne..þe ouȝtpassinge [L. exitus] of þe childe..is I-let by som maner hap.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 67 Who so ouerpassys yn ful or voyd..In outpassynge or wythholdynge of þe wombe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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