repass

English

Etymology

Partly from Anglo-Norman repasser, partly from re- +‎ pass.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈpɑːs/

Verb

repass (third-person singular simple present repasses, present participle repassing, simple past and past participle repassed)

To pass (back) again, especially in the opposite direction; to return.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.221:
  Isabell Queene of England, being to repasse from Zeland into her Kingdome with an armie, […] had utterly beene cast away, had she come unto the Port intended […].

Anagrams

Aspers, Spears, Speras, aspers, parses, passer, prases, presas, sarpes, spares, sparse, spaser, spears

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