forpass

English

Etymology

From for- +‎ pass.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go by; pass, go past; pass unnoticed; cross.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book III, canto x:

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

2. (transitive, obsolete) To go beyond, exceed; surpass.

Synonyms

• (pass unnoticed): forthglide, slip by; see also Thesaurus:pass by
• (go beyond): outstep, transgress; see also Thesaurus:transcend

Anagrams

• pass for