repass
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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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
“The outcome hinges on who can reconstitute effective forces faster than the other,” General Repass said.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022
Gen. Michael Repass, a former commander of U.S.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2022
Still, Repass marvels, “You go back now, and they’ve got the streets blocked off, and they’ve got food and drinks and all these little stands, people selling stuff.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2019
Repass, rē-pas′, v.t. to pass again: to travel back.—v.i. to pass or move back.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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