repass

[ ree-pas, -pahs ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to pass back or again.

Other Words From

• re·pas·sage [ree-, pas, -ij], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of repass¹

1425–75; late Middle English repassen < Middle French repasser, Old French, equivalent to re- re- + passer to pass

Example Sentences

In walking up and down in the promenading saloon, you may pass and repass friends.

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During some time projects and counterprojects continued to pass and repass between Kensington and Versailles.

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The sonnet is a sort of poetical fugue in which the theme ought to pass and repass until its final resolution in a given form.

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Eligible single gentlemen pass and repass-but there is no invitation for to inquire within or without.

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Atoms of various size were supposed to pass and repass without cessation through cavities or pores in the human body.

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