repassv.¹

Brit.

/ˌriːˈpɑːs/,

/ˌriːˈpas/, U.S.

/riˈpæs/

Forms: late Middle English repase, late Middle English–1600s repasse, 1600s repas, 1600s– repass; also Scottish pre-1700 repas.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French repasser ; re- prefix, pass v.

Etymology: Probably partly < Anglo-Norman and Middle French repasser (French repasser ) to cross (e.g. the sea) again (12th cent.), to pass (something) again, go past again (mid 14th cent.), to return, pass by again (mid 14th cent.), to pass through (somewhere) again (1538) < re- re- prefix + passer pass v., and partly < re- prefix + pass v. Compare post-classical Latin repassare (transitive) to ferry back (1367 in a British source). Compare repass v.²

1. intransitive. Chiefly in to pass and repass.

a. To go back in the opposite direction; to return.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] > move back and forth or come and go

to come and goc1384

to pass and repassc1460

to back and fill1848

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] > move in contrary direction > back again

to pass and repassc1460

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > travelling [verb (intransitive)] > pass again in the contrary direction

to pass and repassc1460

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2537 (MED) Brynge me at Room, Yf God woll send ȝew wedir & grace to repase.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 167 Quhen he passis he suld nocht repas agayne till his hame.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 279 Yf there were but I & my peuple only, yet shuld none repasse of them homward.

1533 T. More Apol. iii, in Wks. 848/1 Because they would..haue their false folies passe and repasse all vnperceiued.

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory f. 69 ^v Messengers..whose office is to passe & repasse one fote.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xvii. lxxii. 310 But homewards they in armes againe repas.

1671 A. Behn Forc'd Marriage i. i. 9 I will pass and repass, where and how I please.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 1094 Swift thro' the valves the visionary fair Repass'd.

1785 J. Phillips Treat. Inland Navigation 25 A lawn terminated by water, with objects passing and repassing upon it.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iii. xiv. 64 The grate, as they departed to repass, With horrid clangour fell.

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxxiii. 236 Here my father, Ben the Whaler, Anderson, and others, would sit, having a commanding view of the Thames and the vessels passing and repassing.

1902 H. James Wings of Dove I. x. 234 He seemed slowly to pass and repass and conveniently to linger before them.

1968 V. Nabokov King, Queen, Knave iii. 61 Dreyer's gray shoulder passed and repassed in the mirror as he paced hungrily round the table.

1999 M. Shoard Right to Roam i. 16 The walker on a public path is, however, legally entitled only to pass and repass: this means he is entitled to stop and rest, but not to step off the path.

b. To go back into or through a place. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > again

to pass and repass1548

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)] > to former state or condition

to turn againc1325

returnc1405

resorta1438

revert?a1513

to pass and repass1548

refall1570

relapse1593

unhappen1805

react1841

involute1904

relax1934

reset1946

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxij^v No man might passe ouer into any foreyn lande beyond y^e sea nor repasse into thys realme without serche, or pasporte.

1653 Duchess of Newcastle Philos. Fancies 55 The Spirits are so subtle, as they can passe and repasse through the solidest matter.

1799 J. Taylor Trav. Eng. to India II. 157 He assured me the English should have his permission to pass and repass through his country, when and where they thought proper.

1831 Times 10 Aug. 1/5 The Dutch troops shall have repassed into Holland.

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man (1890) i. iv. 113 A man cannot prevent past impressions often repassing through his mind.

1983 N. Baker Size of Thoughts (1996) 12 Passing and repassing through the many semipermeable membranes that insulate learning, suffering, ambition, civility, and puzzlement from each other.

1993 K. Lewison Drafting Business Leases (BNC) 29 To pass and repass on foot only through the main entrance to the building.

†c. To change back into a previous state or condition. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1832 London Med. Gaz. 24 Nov. 240/2 It is incapable of maintaining its temperature, if exposed to cold, and will die unless it repass into the state of hybernation.

1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 767/1 This animal awakes daily,..and re-passes into a state of sleep.

1849 Zoist Oct. 226 He had told me that if he were awoke and repassed into the sleep this evening he should not be clairvoyant.

2. transitive. Frequently in to pass and repass.

a. To cross (the sea, a river, etc.) again in the opposite direction. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > sail across > again in contrary direction

repassc1500

c1500 Melusine (1895) 169 (MED) Yf it playse god, none of them shal not repasse the see.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. viii. 5 Well haue we pass'd, and now re-pass'd the Seas.

1652 C. Cotterell tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra ii. 139 Some of them had already repast the Araxis.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2494/3 They resolved to return, and had accordingly repassed the Lake.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 378 Homeward with pious speed repass the main.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. viii. 214 In repassing the mountains, great numbers of soldiers perished.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. i. 129 That dread gulf which none repass.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) ii. ii. 168 The hermit crabs pass and repass the island.

1903–4 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1903 55 620 The swimming ants varied in length from five to seven millimeters, but the longest ones rarely repassed the channel.

b. To pass along or through (a road or way) once again; to pass by (a place, landmark, etc.) once again.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > again

repass1614

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. i. §3. 219 We shall finde small reason to make vs thinke that Abraham passed and repassed those waies, more often than he was enforced so to doe.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2491/3 Having..posted themselves in a hollow way which the Enemy were to repass.

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xxii They found themselves within the cursed gate; Full hard to be repass'd.

1823 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 100 540 That feeble interest with which we repass a familiar road.

1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 303/2 Having a piece cut off..to allow the guard-pin to pass and repass the roller.

1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin vi. i I staggered away from him, and passed and repassed the spot many times.

a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xvii. 296 A man was walking up and down the shaded alley, passing and repassing the bench where she sat.

2006 Northern Echo (Nexis) 19 July 12 As he repassed the gate a few seconds later, I called out to him.

c. To pass (a rival) for a second or further time in a race or other competition; to regain a lead over (a rival).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip

to leave behinda1393

overgoc1425

preventa1500

outgo1530

out-trot1555

outstrip1567

stripa1592

outpacea1596

out-swift1606

to have (also get) the speed ofa1616

outstretcha1642

to give (a person or thing) the go-by1642

to gain bounds of1653

outrace1657

outspeed1661

to cast behind1681

distance1691

belag1721

repass1728

outfoot1740

outdistance1789

fore-reach1803

to have the foot of1832

to run away1843

slip1856

short-head1863

tine1871

forespeed1872

outrate1873

1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 87 Vig'rous he rises;..Re-passes L—t, vindicates the race.

1854 Times 23 Mar. 10/4 The Squire repassed Kennington, and gallopping on with the lead was first at the chair by two lengths.

1866 C. A. Peverelly Bk. of Amer. Pastimes 288 Several times in the race the boats passed and repassed each other.

1952 M. Laski Village i. 11 They had passed and repassed each other a dozen times.

2007 Daily News (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 25 Jan. (Motoring section) 14 He slowed to allow the cars he passed to repass him.

†d. To paint over (a surface) again. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > colouring > painting > paint [verb (transitive)]

paintc1275

depaintc1320

englose1430

bepaint1567

superficialize1593

repaint1600

overpaint1611

repassa1806

colour-wash1850

distemper1870

respray1880

to paint out1902

aerosol1979

a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 215 In repassing those parts with the warm and more oleaginous colours.

†3. transitive. Conjuring. To move (an object) back from one person or place to another by sleight of hand. Chiefly in to pass and repass. Also intransitive. Cf. pass v. 36, repass n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > practise legerdemain, etc. [verb (intransitive)]

jugglec1440

tregetc1440

repass?1555

pass1589

hocus-pocus1687

?1555 R. Taylour Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) II. xi. 1705/1 He may say what he wyll of Hebricians and Grecians, and flesh vnder formes, and not aboue formes, or aboue the board. He may coniure, & conuey, passe & repasse, euen what he wil in such cloudes and mystes.

1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull Ep. Ded. 19 They are like cunning Iugglars, that can passe and repasse at pleasure.

a. transitive. To cause to pass again; to put through again. Also in early use: to lead (an army) to a place.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move past > cause to pass again

repass1565

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > through > cause to pass through > again

repass1565

1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vi. f. 164 When he had repassed his army, he cut of the bridge the length of CC. foote.

?1591 T. Coningsby Jrnl. Siege Rouen (Harl. 288) 43 in Camden Misc. (1847) I Sir Edmund Yorke hath bene upon the ryver to vieue the convenientest place..to passe and repasse th'armye on that syde..hither unto this syde.

1613 Sackville in Guardian No. 133 Drawing out my sword [I] re-passed it again through another place.

1692 Bp. G. Burnet Disc. Pastoral Care vii. 81 One cannot read them too often, nor repass them too frequently in his thoughts.

1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. viii. 449 Let him..quietly repass over in his thoughts what has been there discoursed.

1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. xiii. 411 Then repass it through a fine linen bag.

1829 T. Carlyle German Playwrights in Foreign Rev. Jan. 103 Let the distiller pass it and repass it through his limbecks.

1859 Notes & Queries 6 Aug. 107/2 When the bowl of the pipe was empty, he filled it, and repassed it through the same hole.

1999 Clin. Guide to Comprehensive Ophthalmol. vi. 159 The..needle is then repassed through the brow incision.

b. transitive. To pass (a bill, resolution, etc.) again. Now chiefly North American.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > pass a (law) > again

renewc1400

re-enact1613

re-enforce1635

repass1769

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > pass motion or bill > again

repass1769

1769 Obscurities & Defects Mercantile Law Considered 49 The pro tempore holder should be compell'd to avoid those former holders to whom it would be most injurious to redeem and repass the protested bill.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 560 No bill so returned shall become a law, unless it be repassed by two-thirds of both houses.

1812 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 50 The resolutions agreed to at the last Common Hall, every one of which was unanimously re-passed.

1869 Spectator 24 July 861/1 He himself..believed that Mr. Gladstone had repassed the preamble ‘in order to give the House of Lords a slap in the face’.

1987 N. Ward Dawson's Govt. Canada (ed. 6) viii. 168 The Senate itself could hold up any such resolution for only 180 days, after which it could be bypassed if the House of Commons repassed the resolution.

2008 Washington Times (Nexis) 22 May 1 A colossal blunder means the House will have to have a do-over and repass the entire bill anew.

Derivatives

reˈpasser n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one who passes > one who passes again

repasser1659

1659 J. Waterhouse Let. 2 Apr. in H. Cromwell Corr. (2007) 493 Neither now should I bee just to myselfe, those repassers being pass'd, should I passe in silence to relate the state and condition..of my present being.

1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 112 This must exclude the great body of passers and repassers.

1997 Tea & Coffee Trade Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 90 Small beans are fed through a smaller adjacent pulper called a repasser, and are sundried along with the floaters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	repass
释义	repassn. Brit. /ˌriːˈpɑːs/, /ˌriːˈpas/, U.S. /riˈpæs/ Forms: see repass v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: repass v.¹ Etymology: < repass v.¹ Compare Anglo-Norman repasse return journey (14th cent.). Compare earlier repassage n., and also repassing n. 1. The action or fact of going back again; an instance of this. Frequently in pass and repass. rare after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] > movement in a contrary direction > back again repassage1429 repassa1538 repassing1548 society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one who passes > one who passes again > the act of repassing repassage1429 repassa1538 repassing1548 a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 21^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Repas Herod herand the repas of the 3 kingis he slew the barnis of Bethlehem. ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter lxxviii. 223 They were: like wynde to gesse, that passth [sic] wythout repasse. 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue iii. 97 Whether is it as conuenient for passe and repasse for cattle at one little gappe or two? 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. iv. 7) 48 The door is for continual pass and repass. 1683 O. U. Parish-churches No Conventicles 14 That Superstition, which the Papists have..been charged with, in such needless Motions, Passes and Repasses. a1925 A. Lowell Ballads for Sale (1927) 106 The priests knelt and said their masses, Swung their censers left and right, Moved before the empty altar With their passes and repasses. †2. Conjuring. An action which moves an object back from one place to another by sleight of hand. Cf. pass n.⁴ 9, repass v.¹ 3. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Diij No body knowes how it came or how it went, for, since she was deliuered, (passe and repasse) the childe was neuer heard of. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1616) sig. G2^v You thinke to carry it away with your Hey-passe, and Re-passe. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ll2/2 What a rogue's this Jugler, This hey passe, repasse, ha's repasd us sweetly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). repassv.¹ Brit. /ˌriːˈpɑːs/, /ˌriːˈpas/, U.S. /riˈpæs/ Forms: late Middle English repase, late Middle English–1600s repasse, 1600s repas, 1600s– repass; also Scottish pre-1700 repas. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French repasser ; re- prefix, pass v. Etymology: Probably partly < Anglo-Norman and Middle French repasser (French repasser ) to cross (e.g. the sea) again (12th cent.), to pass (something) again, go past again (mid 14th cent.), to return, pass by again (mid 14th cent.), to pass through (somewhere) again (1538) < re- re- prefix + passer pass v., and partly < re- prefix + pass v. Compare post-classical Latin repassare (transitive) to ferry back (1367 in a British source). Compare repass v.² 1. intransitive. Chiefly in to pass and repass. a. To go back in the opposite direction; to return. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] > move back and forth or come and go to come and goc1384 to pass and repassc1460 to back and fill1848 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] > move in contrary direction > back again to pass and repassc1460 society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > travelling [verb (intransitive)] > pass again in the contrary direction to pass and repassc1460 c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2537 (MED) Brynge me at Room, Yf God woll send ȝew wedir & grace to repase. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 167 Quhen he passis he suld nocht repas agayne till his hame. c1500 Melusine (1895) 279 Yf there were but I & my peuple only, yet shuld none repasse of them homward. 1533 T. More Apol. iii, in Wks. 848/1 Because they would..haue their false folies passe and repasse all vnperceiued. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory f. 69 ^v Messengers..whose office is to passe & repasse one fote. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xvii. lxxii. 310 But homewards they in armes againe repas. 1671 A. Behn Forc'd Marriage i. i. 9 I will pass and repass, where and how I please. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 1094 Swift thro' the valves the visionary fair Repass'd. 1785 J. Phillips Treat. Inland Navigation 25 A lawn terminated by water, with objects passing and repassing upon it. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iii. xiv. 64 The grate, as they departed to repass, With horrid clangour fell. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxxiii. 236 Here my father, Ben the Whaler, Anderson, and others, would sit, having a commanding view of the Thames and the vessels passing and repassing. 1902 H. James Wings of Dove I. x. 234 He seemed slowly to pass and repass and conveniently to linger before them. 1968 V. Nabokov King, Queen, Knave iii. 61 Dreyer's gray shoulder passed and repassed in the mirror as he paced hungrily round the table. 1999 M. Shoard Right to Roam i. 16 The walker on a public path is, however, legally entitled only to pass and repass: this means he is entitled to stop and rest, but not to step off the path. b. To go back into or through a place. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > again to pass and repass1548 the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)] > to former state or condition to turn againc1325 returnc1405 resorta1438 revert?a1513 to pass and repass1548 refall1570 relapse1593 unhappen1805 react1841 involute1904 relax1934 reset1946 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxij^v No man might passe ouer into any foreyn lande beyond y^e sea nor repasse into thys realme without serche, or pasporte. 1653 Duchess of Newcastle Philos. Fancies 55 The Spirits are so subtle, as they can passe and repasse through the solidest matter. 1799 J. Taylor Trav. Eng. to India II. 157 He assured me the English should have his permission to pass and repass through his country, when and where they thought proper. 1831 Times 10 Aug. 1/5 The Dutch troops shall have repassed into Holland. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man (1890) i. iv. 113 A man cannot prevent past impressions often repassing through his mind. 1983 N. Baker Size of Thoughts (1996) 12 Passing and repassing through the many semipermeable membranes that insulate learning, suffering, ambition, civility, and puzzlement from each other. 1993 K. Lewison Drafting Business Leases (BNC) 29 To pass and repass on foot only through the main entrance to the building. †c. To change back into a previous state or condition. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1832 London Med. Gaz. 24 Nov. 240/2 It is incapable of maintaining its temperature, if exposed to cold, and will die unless it repass into the state of hybernation. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 767/1 This animal awakes daily,..and re-passes into a state of sleep. 1849 Zoist Oct. 226 He had told me that if he were awoke and repassed into the sleep this evening he should not be clairvoyant. 2. transitive. Frequently in to pass and repass. a. To cross (the sea, a river, etc.) again in the opposite direction. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > sail across > again in contrary direction repassc1500 c1500 Melusine (1895) 169 (MED) Yf it playse god, none of them shal not repasse the see. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. viii. 5 Well haue we pass'd, and now re-pass'd the Seas. View more context for this quotation 1652 C. Cotterell tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra ii. 139 Some of them had already repast the Araxis. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2494/3 They resolved to return, and had accordingly repassed the Lake. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 378 Homeward with pious speed repass the main. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. viii. 214 In repassing the mountains, great numbers of soldiers perished. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. i. 129 That dread gulf which none repass. a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) ii. ii. 168 The hermit crabs pass and repass the island. 1903–4 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1903 55 620 The swimming ants varied in length from five to seven millimeters, but the longest ones rarely repassed the channel. b. To pass along or through (a road or way) once again; to pass by (a place, landmark, etc.) once again. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > again repass1614 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. i. §3. 219 We shall finde small reason to make vs thinke that Abraham passed and repassed those waies, more often than he was enforced so to doe. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2491/3 Having..posted themselves in a hollow way which the Enemy were to repass. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xxii They found themselves within the cursed gate; Full hard to be repass'd. 1823 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 100 540 That feeble interest with which we repass a familiar road. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 303/2 Having a piece cut off..to allow the guard-pin to pass and repass the roller. 1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin vi. i I staggered away from him, and passed and repassed the spot many times. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xvii. 296 A man was walking up and down the shaded alley, passing and repassing the bench where she sat. 2006 Northern Echo (Nexis) 19 July 12 As he repassed the gate a few seconds later, I called out to him. c. To pass (a rival) for a second or further time in a race or other competition; to regain a lead over (a rival). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip to leave behinda1393 overgoc1425 preventa1500 outgo1530 out-trot1555 outstrip1567 stripa1592 outpacea1596 out-swift1606 to have (also get) the speed ofa1616 outstretcha1642 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1642 to gain bounds of1653 outrace1657 outspeed1661 to cast behind1681 distance1691 belag1721 repass1728 outfoot1740 outdistance1789 fore-reach1803 to have the foot of1832 to run away1843 slip1856 short-head1863 tine1871 forespeed1872 outrate1873 1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 87 Vig'rous he rises;..Re-passes L—t, vindicates the race. 1854 Times 23 Mar. 10/4 The Squire repassed Kennington, and gallopping on with the lead was first at the chair by two lengths. 1866 C. A. Peverelly Bk. of Amer. Pastimes 288 Several times in the race the boats passed and repassed each other. 1952 M. Laski Village i. 11 They had passed and repassed each other a dozen times. 2007 Daily News (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 25 Jan. (Motoring section) 14 He slowed to allow the cars he passed to repass him. †d. To paint over (a surface) again. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > painting > paint [verb (transitive)] paintc1275 depaintc1320 englose1430 bepaint1567 superficialize1593 repaint1600 overpaint1611 repassa1806 colour-wash1850 distemper1870 respray1880 to paint out1902 aerosol1979 a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 215 In repassing those parts with the warm and more oleaginous colours. †3. transitive. Conjuring. To move (an object) back from one person or place to another by sleight of hand. Chiefly in to pass and repass. Also intransitive. Cf. pass v. 36, repass n. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > practise legerdemain, etc. [verb (intransitive)] jugglec1440 tregetc1440 repass?1555 pass1589 hocus-pocus1687 ?1555 R. Taylour Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) II. xi. 1705/1 He may say what he wyll of Hebricians and Grecians, and flesh vnder formes, and not aboue formes, or aboue the board. He may coniure, & conuey, passe & repasse, euen what he wil in such cloudes and mystes. 1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull Ep. Ded. 19 They are like cunning Iugglars, that can passe and repasse at pleasure. 4. a. transitive. To cause to pass again; to put through again. Also in early use: to lead (an army) to a place. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move past > cause to pass again repass1565 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > through > cause to pass through > again repass1565 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vi. f. 164 When he had repassed his army, he cut of the bridge the length of CC. foote. ?1591 T. Coningsby Jrnl. Siege Rouen (Harl. 288) 43 in Camden Misc. (1847) I Sir Edmund Yorke hath bene upon the ryver to vieue the convenientest place..to passe and repasse th'armye on that syde..hither unto this syde. 1613 Sackville in Guardian No. 133 Drawing out my sword [I] re-passed it again through another place. 1692 Bp. G. Burnet Disc. Pastoral Care vii. 81 One cannot read them too often, nor repass them too frequently in his thoughts. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. viii. 449 Let him..quietly repass over in his thoughts what has been there discoursed. 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. xiii. 411 Then repass it through a fine linen bag. 1829 T. Carlyle German Playwrights in Foreign Rev. Jan. 103 Let the distiller pass it and repass it through his limbecks. 1859 Notes & Queries 6 Aug. 107/2 When the bowl of the pipe was empty, he filled it, and repassed it through the same hole. 1999 Clin. Guide to Comprehensive Ophthalmol. vi. 159 The..needle is then repassed through the brow incision. b. transitive. To pass (a bill, resolution, etc.) again. Now chiefly North American. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > pass a (law) > again renewc1400 re-enact1613 re-enforce1635 repass1769 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > pass motion or bill > again repass1769 1769 Obscurities & Defects Mercantile Law Considered 49 The pro tempore holder should be compell'd to avoid those former holders to whom it would be most injurious to redeem and repass the protested bill. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 560 No bill so returned shall become a law, unless it be repassed by two-thirds of both houses. 1812 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 50 The resolutions agreed to at the last Common Hall, every one of which was unanimously re-passed. 1869 Spectator 24 July 861/1 He himself..believed that Mr. Gladstone had repassed the preamble ‘in order to give the House of Lords a slap in the face’. 1987 N. Ward Dawson's Govt. Canada (ed. 6) viii. 168 The Senate itself could hold up any such resolution for only 180 days, after which it could be bypassed if the House of Commons repassed the resolution. 2008 Washington Times (Nexis) 22 May 1 A colossal blunder means the House will have to have a do-over and repass the entire bill anew. Derivatives reˈpasser n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one who passes > one who passes again repasser1659 1659 J. Waterhouse Let. 2 Apr. in H. Cromwell Corr. (2007) 493 Neither now should I bee just to myselfe, those repassers being pass'd, should I passe in silence to relate the state and condition..of my present being. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 112 This must exclude the great body of passers and repassers. 1997 Tea & Coffee Trade Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 90 Small beans are fed through a smaller adjacent pulper called a repasser, and are sundried along with the floaters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † repassv.² Forms: 1600s repast (past participle). Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: repass v.¹ Etymology: Apparently a specific sense of repass v.¹, perhaps after either Middle French respasser to recover, get better (12th cent. in Old French), to cure (someone) (12th or 13th cent.) (probably < re- re- prefix + espasser < es- ex- prefix¹ + passer pass v.) or Middle French repasser to recover, get better (probably 13th cent. in Old French), spec. sense of repasser repass v.¹ Obsolete. rare. transitive. To heal (a wound).In figurative context in quot. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > recovery from misfortune, error, etc. > [verb (transitive)] overcomea1225 recoverc1330 overputa1382 overpassa1387 passa1500 digest1577 to put over1593 outwear1598 overseta1600 to make a saving game of it1600 repassa1631 to get over ——1662 overgeta1729 overcast1788 overa1800 a1631 J. Donne Resurrection Imperfect in Poems (1633) 145 Sleep sleep old Sun, thou canst not have repast As yet, the wound thou took'st on friday last. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1538v.¹c1460v.²a1631
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