Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 22

Pasch (n.) Alt. of Pascha

Pascha (n.) The passover; the feast of Easter.

Paschal (a.) Of or pertaining to the passover, or to Easter; as, a paschal lamb; paschal eggs.

Paseng (n.) The wild or bezoar goat. See Goat.

Pash (v. t.) To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash in pieces.

Pash (v. t.) The head; the poll.

Pash (v. t.) A crushing blow.

Pash (v. t.) A heavy fall of rain or snow.

Pasha (n.) An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw.

Pashalic (n.) The jurisdiction of a pasha.

Pashaw (n.) See Pasha.

Pasigraphic (a.) Alt. of Pasigraphical

Pasigraphical (a.) Of or pertaining to pasigraphy.

Pasigraphy (n.) A system of universal writing, or a manner of writing that may be understood and used by all nations.

Pasilaly (n.) A form of speech adapted to be used by all mankind; universal language.

Pask (n.) See Pasch.

Paspy (n.) A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; -- called also passing measure, and passymeasure.

Pasque (n.) See Pasch.

Pasquil (n.) See Pasquin.

Pasquil (v. t.) See Pasquin.

Pasquilant (n.) A lampooner; a pasquiler.

Pasquiler (n.) A lampooner.

Pasquin (n.) A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade.

Pasquin (v. t.) To lampoon; to satiraze.

Pasquinade (n.) A lampoon or satirical writing.

Pasquinade (v. t.) To lampoon, to satirize.

Passed (imp. & p. p.) of Pass

Passing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pass

Pass (v. i.) To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc.

Pass (v. i.) To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands.

Pass (v. i.) To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to depart from life; to die.

Pass (v. i.) To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorily.

Pass (v. i.) To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly.

Pass (v. i.) To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate; to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting value or estimation.

Pass (v. i.) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body that has power to sanction or reject; to receive legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress.

Pass (v. i.) To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.

Pass (v. i.) To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to continue; to live along.

Pass (v. i.) To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass.

Pass (v. i.) To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess.

Pass (v. i.) To take heed; to care.

Pass (v. i.) To go through the intestines.

Pass (v. i.) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed.

Pass (v. i.) To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.

Pass (v. i.) To decline to take an optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to bid, or to bet, or to play a card; in euchre, to decline to make the trump.

Pass (v. i.) In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side.

Pass (v. t.) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like; to proceed from one side to the other of; as, to pass a house, a stream, a boundary, etc.

Pass (v. t.) To go from one limit to the other of; to spend; to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.

Pass (v. t.) To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.

Pass (v. t.) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.

Pass (v. t.) To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc.; to obtain the formal sanction of, as a legislative body; as, he passed his examination; the bill passed the senate.

Pass (v. t.) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another; to transmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand.

Pass (v. t.) To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence.

Pass (v. t.) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law.

Pass (v. t.) To put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to pass counterfeit money.

Pass (v. t.) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance; as, to pass a person into a theater, or over a railroad.

Pass (v. t.) To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.

Pass (v. t.) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.

Pass (v. t.) To make, as a thrust, punto, etc.

Pass (v. i.) An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass.

Pass (v. i.) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.

Pass (v. i.) A movement of the hand over or along anything; the manipulation of a mesmerist.

Pass (v. i.) A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls.

Pass (v. i.) State of things; condition; predicament.

Pass (v. i.) Permission or license to pass, or to go and come; a psssport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission; as, a railroad or theater pass; a military pass.

Pass (v. i.) Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit.

Pass (v. i.) Estimation; character.

Pass (v. i.) A part; a division.

Passable (a.) Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats.

Passable (a.) Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current.

Passable (a.) Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre.

Passableness (n.) The quality of being passable.

Passably (adv.) Tolerably; moderately.

Passacaglia (n.) Alt. of Passacaglio

Passacaglio (n.) An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne.

Passade (v. i.) Alt. of Passado

Passado (v. i.) A pass or thrust.

Passado (v. i.) A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.

Passage (v. i.) The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body.

Passage (v. i.) Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance.

Passage (v. i.) Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.

Passage (v. i.) Removal from life; decease; departure; death.

Passage (v. i.) Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor.

Passage (v. i.) A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time.

Passage (v. i.) A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed.

Passage (v. i.) A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause.

Passage (v. i.) Reception; currency.

Passage (v. i.) A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.

Passage (v. i.) A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.

Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.

Passager (n.) A passenger; a bird or boat of passage.

Passageway (n.) A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.

Passant (v. i.) Passing from one to another; in circulation; current.

Passant (v. i.) Curs/ry, careless.

Passant (v. i.) Surpassing; excelling.

Passant (v. i.) Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised.

Passe (a.) Alt. of Passee

Passee (a.) Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passee belle.

Passegarde (n.) A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor.

Passement (n.) Lace, gimp, braid etc., sewed on a garment.

Passementerie (n.) Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.

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