[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pass \pass\ p.as, pa^s, v. i. imp.  p. p. passed; p.
   pr.  vb. n. passing. f. passer, ll. passare, fr. l.
   passus step, or from pandere, passum, to spread out, lay
   open. see pace.
   1. 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. "but now pass over i. e.,
      pass on." --chaucer.
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            on high behests his angels to and fro
            passed frequent.                      --milton.
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            sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths,
            and from their bodies passed.         --coleridge.
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   2. 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.
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            others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass
            from just to unjust.                  --sir w.
                                                  temple.
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   3. 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.
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            disturb him not, let him pass paceably. --shak.
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            beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass.
                                                  --dryden.
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            the passing of the sweetest soul
            that ever looked with human eyes.     --tennyson.
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   4. 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.
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            so death passed upon all men.         --rom. v. 12.
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            our own consciousness of what passes within our own
            mind.                                 --i. watts.
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   5. to go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as,
      their vacation passed pleasantly.
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            now the time is far passed.           --mark vi. 35
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   6. 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. "let him pass for a man." --shak.
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            false eloquence passeth only where true is not
            understood.                           --felton.
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            this will not pass for a fault in him. --atterbury.
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   7. 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.
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   8. to go through any inspection or test successfully; to be
      approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination,
      but did not expect to pass.
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   9. to be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to
      continue; to live along. "the play may pass." --shak.
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   10. to go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance
       or opposition; as, we let this act pass.
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   11. to go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. obs.
       "this passes, master ford." --shak.
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   12. to take heed; to care. obs.
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             as for these silken-coated slaves, i pass not.
                                                  --shak.
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   13. to go through the intestines. --arbuthnot.
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   14. law to be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or
       other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a
       certain clause in a deed. --mozley  w.
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   15. fencing to make a lunge or pass; to thrust.
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   16. card playing to decline to play in one's turn; in
       euchre, to decline to make the trump.
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             she would not play, yet must not pass. --prior.
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   to bring to pass, to come to pass. see under bring, and
      come.

   to pass away, to disappear; to die; to vanish. "the heavens
      shall pass away." --2 pet. iii. 10. "i thought to pass
      away before, but yet alive i am." --tennyson.

   to pass by, to go near and beyond a certain person or
      place; as, he passed by as we stood there.

   to pass into, to change by a gradual transmission; to blend
      or unite with.

   to pass on, to proceed.

   to pass on or to pass upon.
       a to happen to; to come upon; to affect. "so death
           passed upon all men." --rom. v. 12. "provided no
           indirect act pass upon our prayers to define them."
           --jer. taylor.
       b to determine concerning; to give judgment or sentence
           upon. "we may not pass upon his life." --shak.

   to pass off, to go away; to cease; to disappear; as, an
      agitation passes off.

   to pass over, to go from one side or end to the other; to
      cross, as a river, road, or bridge.
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see also:
passed passing pace to bring to pass to come to pass bring 
come to pass away to pass by to pass into to pass on 
to pass upon to pass off to pass over 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pass \pass\, v. t.
   1. in simple, transitive senses; as:
      a 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.
      b hence: to go from one limit to the other of; to spend;
          to live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to
          suffer. "to pass commodiously this life." --milton.
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                she loved me for the dangers i had passed.
                                                  --shak.
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      c to go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to
          take no note of; to disregard.
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                please you that i may pass this doing. --shak.
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                i pass their warlike pomp, their proud array.
                                                  --dryden.
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      d to transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
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                and strive to pass . . .
                their native music by her skillful art.
                                                  --spenser.
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                whose tender power
                passes the strength of storms in their most
                desolate hour.                    --byron.
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      e 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.
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   2. in causative senses: as:
      a 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.
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                i had only time to pass my eye over the medals.
                                                  --addison.
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                waller passed over five thousand horse and foot
                by newbridge.                     --clarendon.
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      b to cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce;
          hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence.
          --shak.
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                father, thy word is passed.       --milton.
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      c 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.
      e to put in circulation; to give currency to; as, to
          pass counterfeit money. "pass the happy news."
          --tennyson.
      f to cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance;
          as, to pass a person into a theater, or over a
          railroad.
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   3. to emit from the bowels; to evacuate.
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   4. naut. to take a turn with a line, gasket, etc., as
      around a sail in furling, and make secure.
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   5. fencing to make, as a thrust, punto, etc. --shak.
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   passed midshipman. see under midshipman.

   to pass a dividend, to omit the declaration and payment of
      a dividend at the time when due.

   to pass away, to spend; to waste. "lest she pass away the
      flower of her age." --ecclus. xlii. 9.

   to pass by.
      a to disregard; to neglect.
      b to excuse; to spare; to overlook.

   to pass off, to impose fraudulently; to palm off. "passed
      himself off as a bishop." --macaulay.

   to pass something on some one or to pass something
   upon some one, to put upon as a trick or cheat; to palm
      off. "she passed the child on her husband for a boy."
      --dryden.

   to pass over, to overlook; not to note or resent; as, to
      pass over an affront.
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see also:
passed midshipman to pass a dividend to pass away to pass by to pass off to pass something on some one 
to pass something upon some one to pass over 

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