repass
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has repassedperfect 3rd person singular
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have repassedperfect
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have been repassingperfect progressive
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has been repassingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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am repassingprogressive 1st person singular
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are repassingprogressive
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repassingparticiple
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is repassingprogressive 3rd person singular
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repassessingular 3rd person
Past
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had repassedperfect
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had been repassingperfect progressive
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repassedsimple
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were repassingprogressive plural
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was repassingprogressive singular
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repassedparticiple
Future
Etymology
Origin of repass
1425–75; late Middle English repassen < Middle French repasser, Old French, equivalent to re- re- + passer to pass
Example Sentences
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“In another month, I anticipate exhaustion on both sides without a military decision/outcome either way,” Repass wrote.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2022
Gen. Michael Repass, a former commander of U.S.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2022
A few days after that, he drove over to the home of his friend Beverly Repass Hoch to have another conversation.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2019
Josh’s Bob Repass: On the death of Manuel Noriega and a pair of athletes who had very different relationships with the Panamanian strongman.
From Slate • May 30, 2017
What treasure wouldst thou, in the land Egyptian, Repass the stormy water to secure?
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James
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