forpass

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verb

To go by; pass, go past; pass unnoticed; cross.

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slip byoutsteptransgress
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Meanings

verbforpass (third-person singular simple present forpasses, present participle forpassing, simple past and past participle forpassed)

present singular third person forpasses · participle present forpassing · participle past forpassed · past forpassed

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo go by; pass, go past; pass unnoticed; cross.

    One day, as he forpassed by the plaine / With weary pace, he farre away espide / A couple […]

    1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book III, canto x

    Synonyms: slip by

  2. obsoletetransitiveTo go beyond, exceed; surpass.

    Synonyms: outstep

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo go by; pass, go past; pass unnoticed; cross.

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slip by

verbTo go beyond, exceed; surpass.

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outstep
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transgress
Also see
excelfly bygo byoutstripoverreachpass bypass unnoticedsurpasstranscendtransgress

Origin

From for- + pass.

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Cite this entry
APA

forpass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forpass

MLA

“forpass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forpass. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forpass,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forpass.

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