repass

English

Etymology

Partly from Anglo-Norman repasser, partly from re- +‎ pass.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈpɑːs/

Verb

repass (third-person singular simple present repasses, present participle repassing, simple past and past participle repassed)

To pass (back) again, especially in the opposite direction; to return.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
  , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.221:
  Isabell Queene of England, being to repasse from Zeland into her Kingdome with an armie, […] had utterly beene cast away, had she come unto the Port intended […].
- 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 211:
  the grate of brass
  Through which they thrust me, open stood the while, […]
  The grate, as they departed to repass,
  With horrid clangour fell, and the far sound
  Of their retiring steps in the dense gloom was drowned.

Anagrams

Arpses, Aspers, Serpas, Spears, Speras, aspers, parses, passer, prases, presas, sarpes, spares, sparse, spaser, spears

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