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)

1. 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

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