en passantadv.
/ɒn paˈsɒ̃/ 1. In passing; by the way; in the course of a narrative, etc.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > incidentally or by the way
incidently1529
occursively1592
emergently1660
en passant1665
incidentally1665
incidentarilya1670
casually1697
promiscuously1791
overly1825
promiscuous1826
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adverb] > past > in passing by
transiently1629
en passant1665
1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iii, in Occas. Refl. sig. E6v Having given you this Advertisement, en passant, we may now proceed.
1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. viii. 162 We ought not to receive them but en Passant, and by the way.
1838 S. Lover Handy Andy iii His pursuer..gave a back-handed slap at the window-bottles, en passant.
1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry viii. 161 It is sufficient..to indicate..en passant the existence of the histories in question.
2. Chess. to take (a pawn) en passant: to take with one of your own pawns an adversary's pawn that has been moved forward two squares, passing over the square on which it would by the general rule have been liable to capture by your pawn.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [verb (transitive)] > tactics
to shut up1474
to take upc1475
neck1597
catch1674
to discover check1688
attack1735
retreat1744
fork1745
pin1745
retake1750
guard1761
interpose1761
castle1764
retract1777
to take (a pawn) en passant1818
capture1820
decline1847
cook1851
undouble1868
unpin1878
counter1890
fidate1910
sacrifice1915
fianchetto1927
1818 W. S. Kenny Pract. Chess Exercises 106 You prevent him by pushing immediately your queen's knight's pawn upon his knight, which..obliges the adversary to take your pawn en passant.
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