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To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea.

The act of repassing; passage back. Hakluyt.

Counterpassant.

The mariner's compass. See under Compass.

ed by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport.

To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel. This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. Milton.

That may be surpassed.

Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory crowned." Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.

To pass over; as, Alexander transpassed the river. [Obs.] J. Gregory.

Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over. [Obs.]

To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go. [Obs.] Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . . trespassed out of this uncertain world. Ld. Berners.

One who commits a trespass; as:

Impassable. E. A. Freeman. -- Un*pass"a*ble*ness, n. Evelyn.

Not passionate; dispassionate. -- Un*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv.

Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them. Crabb.

ions of intellect." Lingard. Whims, which at first are the aberrations of a single brain, pass with heat into epidemic form. I. Taylor.

An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.

and adv. Above. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Aboon the pass of Bally-Brough. Sir W. Scott. The ceiling fair that rose aboon. J. R. Drake.

Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach. "Thy worth . . . is actions above my gifts." Marlowe. I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun. Acts xxxvi.…

A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of a cañon. [Southwestern U. S.]