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passed, ppl. a.|pɑːst, -æ-|
See also past ppl. a.
[Pa. pple. of pass v.]
1. a. That has passed or has been passed, in the various senses of pass v. Also with advbs. passed pawn (Chess): see quot. 1837.
1512Will of Riswyk (Somerset Ho.), As is accustomed for people passed to God. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) IV. 640/2 The advantage of a passed pawn is this: for example, if [etc.]. 1837Penny Cycl. VII. 51/2 Passed Pawn, a pawn is called passed when it is no longer obstructed by any adverse pawn on its own file, or either of the adjoining ones. 1885O. Crawfurd Woman's Reput. I. i. 4 Such a condition of society as this, with..its passed-away modes of life. 1902Recollect. Dublin Castle & Soc. 17 Another of these regularly ‘passed on’ veterans was Everard.
†b. spec. Dead, passed away, ‘gone’, deceased.
1449J. Metham Amor. & Cleop. (E.E.T.S.) 307 But nowe thei bothe be pasyd; & affter schal I. 1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions i. v. 79 Y⊇ kindesfolke of the deade signefie to..the friendes of this passed, y⊇ day of y⊇ burial.
2. That has passed an examination; qualified by examination, esp. Naut., in passed midshipman, etc.
1829Marryat F. Mildmay xii, One of the passed midshipmen. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Passed boys, those who have gone through the round of instruction given in a training-ship. 1879Spectator 31 May 680 Dr. Colenso, who is a passed expert in Zulu matters. 1898Westm. Gaz. 17 Dec. 8/2 They..concluded that there was more promise in that plucked student than in many a passed man.
3. passed-out: unconscious, spec. through alcoholic drink. colloq.
1927Amer. Speech II. 277 Passed out, intoxicated. 1939G. Greene Lawless Roads iii. 95 The blue soda-water bottles and the passed-out Mexican. |