† apassv.
Obsolete.
intransitive, rarely transitive. To pass on or by (in space or time).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > move past
apassc1330
passc1330
to pass by ——c1395
to go byc1449
to come byc1450
to go (also flow, run, etc.) past1542
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move past
passc1300
apassc1330
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 2472 This beggar apasseing That dar so speke to a king.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. v. 46 Whan þei [riches] ben apassed, nedys þei maken hem pore þat forgon þe rychesses.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2827 [They] were a-passid, & entrid in-to dispeyr.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
v.c1330