On high behests his angels to and fro
Passed frequent. Milton.

Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths,
And from their bodies passed. Coleridge.

Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass from just to unjust. Sir W. Temple.

Disturb him not, let him pass paceably. Shak.

Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass. Dryden.

The passing of the sweetest soul
That ever looked with human eyes. Tennyson.

So death passed upon all men. Rom. v. 12.

Our own consciousness of what passes within our own mind. I. Watts.

Now the time is far passed. Mark vi. 35

False eloquence passeth only where true is not understood. Felton.

This will not pass for a fault in him. Atterbury.

As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not. Shak.

She would not play, yet must not pass. Prior.

To bring to pass, To come to pass. See under Bring, and Come. -- To pass away, to disappear; to die; to vanish. "The heavens shall pass away." 2 Pet. iii. 10. "I thought to pass away before, but yet alive I am." Tennyson. -- To pass by, to go near and beyond a certain person or place; as, he passed by as we stood there. -- To pass into, to change by a gradual transmission; to blend or unite with. -- To pass on, to proceed. -- To pass on or upon. (a) To happen to; to come upon; to affect. "So death passed upon all men." Rom. v. 12. "Provided no indirect act pass upon our prayers to define them." Jer. Taylor. (b) To determine concerning; to give judgment or sentence upon. "We may not pass upon his life." Shak. -- To pass off, to go away; to cease; to disappear; as, an agitation passes off. -- To pass over, to go from one side or end to the other; to cross, as a river, road, or bridge.

I had only time to pass my eye over the medals. Addison.

Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge. Clarendon.

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Passed midshipman. See under Midshipman. -- To pass a dividend, to omit the declaration and payment of a dividend at the time when due. -- To pass away, to spend; to waste. "Lest she pass away the flower of her age." Ecclus. xlii. 9. -- To pass by. (a) To disregard; to neglect. (b) To excuse; to spare; to overlook. -- To pass off, to impose fraudulently; to palm off. "Passed himself off as a bishop." Macaulay. -- To pass (something) on or upon (some one), to put upon as a trick or cheat; to palm off. "She passed the child on her husband for a boy." Dryden. -- To pass over, to overlook; not to note or resent; as, to pass over an affront.

"Try not the pass!" the old man said. Longfellow.

Have his daughters brought him to this pass. Shak.

Matters have been brought to this pass. South.

A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy. Kent.

Common speech gives him a worthy pass. Shak.

Pass boat (Naut.), a punt, or similar boat. -- Pass book. (a) A book in which a trader enters articles bought on credit, and then passes or sends it to the purchaser. (b) See Bank book. -- Pass box (Mil.), a wooden or metallic box, used to carry cartridges from the service magazine to the piece. -- Pass check, a ticket of admission to a place of entertainment, or of readmission for one who goes away in expectation of returning.