forpass

verb — 2 senses

forpass

verb

Etymology From for- + pass.

1

Obsolete To 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:

2

Obsolete To go beyond, exceed; surpass.

Synonyms: slip by, outstep, transgress

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