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repass

verb

  1. to pass again (especially into law)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈpɑːs/

verb

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

  1. To pass (back) again, especially in the opposite direction; to return.

    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 […].

    the grate of brass Through which they thrust me, open stood the while, […] The grate, as they departed to repass, With horrid clangour fell, and the far sound Of their retiring steps in the dense gloom was drowned.

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