repassagen.
/ˌriːˈpasɪdʒ/, U.S. /riˈpæsɪdʒ/ 1. Frequently in passage and repassage.† b. Right, freedom, or permission to return. Also: ability to return. Obsolete.
a. The action or fact of repassing (in various senses); passage back or again. Also: an instance of this.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [noun] > movement in a contrary direction > back again
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one who passes > one who passes again > the act of repassing
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1429 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 337 (MED) Þe said Card shal..ordeigne for þe seure and save passage of þe Kinges said subgittes out of þis land..and for þe repassage and retourne of hem into þe same.
1433 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. July 1433 §19. m. 15 Þe charges of his repassage ayenward.
1444 in J. Stevenson Lett. & Papers Illustr. Wars Eng. in France (1861) I. 463 (MED) Shippes..for the passage and repassage of the quene and of her housholde.
?1575 J. Hooker Discr. Excester sig. Bv A certain aparture..through which all Botes, Shippes and Uessails without let might haue their vsuall passage and repassage, towards and from this Cittie.
1696 T. Brookhouse Temple Opened 13 There is to be a Repassage, or Return, both of Empire and the Gospel.
1708 tr. J. Cowell Law Dict. at Eskippeson Covenants..to give him Allowance for his Soldiers Skippeson and Reskippeson, i.e. Passage by Ship, and Repassage.
1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 368 Nor could their passage and repassage be concealed.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 344/2 A change in the blood..effected by the air of the cells on its re-passage through the bronchial tubes.
1845 E. A. Poe Gold-bug in Tales 2 Facilities of passage and re-passage were very far behind those of the present day.
1900 Times 20 Apr. 7/3 The numerous passages and repassages of the Tugela under disheartening conditions.
1966 Jrnl. Hygiene 64 349 Passage of the Beverley strain from the brains of infected laboratory mice into cotton rats..increased the yield of cysts obtained on repassage to laboratory mice.
2005 Buffalo (N.Y.) News 5 Sept. a8 The next governor should sign this bill upon repassage.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > permission for other specific actions
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society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [noun] > return to one's own country
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1429 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 421 Item, that..ther be..seuretee of..Passage for the said King's Subgitts out of this Land..and Repassage for them fro thens ayen into this Reaume.
1520 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 82 With free entrie, passage, and repassage thrughe the sayd west yarde.
1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 247 That letters may haue passage and repassage between vs twaine.
a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 436 The spirits of damnation..are tied in chains of darkness, there is no repassage for them.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > return towards point of departure > way of returning
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1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxxi. f. lxxvij*v This necke sholde be the passage and repassage fro the hede to the body, and ryght so ayeneward.
1501 in J. A. Clyde Acta Dominorum Concilii (1943) 16 Thair commone gaitis passag and repassage throw the sade mure.
a1618 W. Raleigh Disc. Invention Shipping 38 in Judicious & Select Ess. (1650) Seeing their passage and Repassage, lyes through the British Seas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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