repass
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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repasssimple
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repassessimple
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have repassedperfect
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has repassedperfect
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am repassingprogressive
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are repassingprogressive
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is repassingprogressive
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have been repassingperfect progressive
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has been repassingperfect progressive
Past
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repassedsimple
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had repassedperfect
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was repassingprogressive
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were repassingprogressive
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had been repassingperfect progressive
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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It’s no secret that police routinely monitor funerals and repass gatherings where they suspect gang members could be present, partly in an effort to ward off violence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
Following the aching prayers of the album’s “Turiya and Ramakrishna,” the opening strings of “Blue Nile” herald respite and repass, a moment to settle and reset.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
After Sebastian Vettel passed Pierre Gasly out of the La Source hairpin, Ocon, right behind them, drafted both as Gasly went to repass Vettel.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2022
We repass under Tower Bridge, picking up a police boat on the way – sniff sniff sussy sussy – but it falls behind: meanwhile Jordan's telling me about this group she's managing called the Ants.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2012
In the white-walled room Where the white bed waits Stand banks of meaningless flowers; In the rain-swept street Are a ghost-like row of cabs; And along the corridor-dusk Phantasmal feet repass.
From Open Water by Stringer, Arthur
The Comfort Zone provides discounts and contributes time and cooking skills to nonprofits, schools and homeless shelters, and is a frequent attendee at repasses, a post-funeral reception for friends and family of the recently deceased.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
The four parts of Joyce's novel reflect Italian Philosopher Giovanni Battista Vice's theory that history eternally passes and repasses through four phases: theocratic, aristocratic, democratic, chaotic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prince Cobourg, attacked by the French, raises the siege of Maubeuge, and repasses the Sambre.
From Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death by Randolph, Francis
In this way it passes and repasses until it is worn out, when it is withdrawn, and a new one takes its place.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
As he passes and repasses between the object of his perception and his representation of it, there is a continuous gain both to his vision and to his technique.
From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Holmes, Edmond
Verstappen, who had been repassed by Sainz for the lead on lap nine, tried the same tactic as in Austin.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024
Leclerc repassed Verstappen around the outside into Turn Four, cutting across Verstappen as he edged ahead, but remained under threat.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2022
At 76, he has repassed the California bar exam — on his third try — and won a judgment in the State Bar Court of California to have his license reinstated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
With no time to spare, Hero Bristowe and crew reached and repassed the barrage net, which luckily enmeshed their pursuers.
From Time Magazine Archive
I repassed, in my memory, my whole life; my quiet happiness while residing with my family in Geneva, the death of my mother, and my departure for Ingolstadt.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
This repassing, or ripasso, is intended to add weight and density to the wine.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2020
Big bombers were passing and repassing in the sky.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the legislature rose without repassing the bill, allowed it to expire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lynborough's passing and repassing to and from his bathing were uninterrupted next morning.
From Helena's Path by Hope, Anthony
The pulse of Europe could be felt there because Europeans of distinction were passing and repassing continually, and the Danes, like the Athenians of St. Paul's time, love to hear new things.
From Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning by Egan, Maurice Francis
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