passe

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A form of passé — Dated; out of style; old-fashioned.

Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

passe1

adjectivepasse (comparative more passe, superlative most passe)

comparative more passe · superlative most passe

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of passé.

passe2

verbpasse (third-person singular simple present passes, present participle passing, simple past and past participle passed)

present singular third person passes · participle present passing · participle past passed · past passed

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of pass.

    Though, quoth I, it was his good fortune, to send from his Schole, vnto the Vniuersitie, one of the best Scholers in deede of all our time, yet wise men do thinke, that that came so to passe, rather, by the great towardnes of the Scholer, than by the great beating of the Master...

    1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader

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APA

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MLA

“passe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “passe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passe.

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