repass
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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repasses,
present (3rd person singular)
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repassed,
past participle, past
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repassing
present participle
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
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
In the battalion's record, it was noted that the men were seen to pass and repass the ball until they disappeared in a smoke cloud towards the German frontline.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 10, 2011
The fox we will say would pass and repass at a certain up-turned root or a point of trees, then the hunter would think a trap in his beaten track would surely nip him.
From Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
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
At a moment of rest, after a meal, the Glow-worm passes and repasses the said brush over his head, back, sides and hinder parts, a performance made possible by the flexibility of his spine.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
That street is entirely out of Nadaud's way, and yet he passes and repasses there five or six times a day.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 Volume 17, New Series, June 19, 1852 by William Chambers
Every evening, she passes and repasses over it, strengthening it with fresh threads.
From The Life of the Spider by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Rejoining from his pit stop on lap 34 of 57, Hamilton repassed Hulkenberg and Gasly, and with Verstappen already behind because of the Dutchman's penalty, the seven-time champion was up to fifth behind Russell.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 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
The Idaho legislature repassed and made law a similar 90-day measure, over last fortnight's veto by Governor C. Ben Ross.
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
Not a moment passed but a door opened, and a panel of orange light was thrown across the gloom, and the figures of men and women were seen passing and repassing.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
On repassing the ferry, I did not get into the carriage again, but walked with my sons to the town.
From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Henry Digby Beste
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