Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pass \Pass\, 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.

            On high behests his angels to and fro Passed
            frequent.                             --Milton.

            Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths, And
            from their bodies passed.             --Coleridge.

   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.

            Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass
            from just to unjust.                  --Sir W.
                                                  Temple.

   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.

            Disturb him not, let him pass paceably. --Shak.

            Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass.
                                                  --Dryden.

            The passing of the sweetest soul That ever looked
            with human eyes.                      --Tennyson.

   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.

            So death passed upon all men.         --Rom. v. 12.

            Our own consciousness of what passes within our own
            mind.                                 --I. Watts.

   5. To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as,
      their vacation passed pleasantly.

            Now the time is far passed.           --Mark vi. 35

   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.

            False eloquence passeth only where true is not
            understood.                           --Felton.

            This will not pass for a fault in him. --Atterbury.

   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.

   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.

   9. To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to
      continue; to live along. ``The play may pass.'' --Shak.

   10. To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance
       or opposition; as, we let this act pass.

   11. To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. [Obs.]
       ``This passes, Master Ford.'' --Shak.

   12. To take heed; to care. [Obs.]

             As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not.
                                                  --Shak.

   13. To go through the intestines. --Arbuthnot.

   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.

   15. (Fencing) To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.

   16. (Card Playing & other games) 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.

             She would not play, yet must not pass. --Prior.

   17. In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer
       the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side.
       [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   {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 {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.

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.

                She loved me for the dangers I had passed.
                                                  --Shak.
      (c) To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to
          take no note of; to disregard.

                Please you that I may pass This doing. --Shak.

                I pass their warlike pomp, their proud array.
                                                  --Dryden.
      (d) To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.

                And strive to pass . . . Their native music by
                her skillful art.                 --Spenser.

                Whose tender power Passes the strength of storms
                in their most desolate hour.      --Byron.
      (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.

   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.

                I had only time to pass my eye over the medals.
                                                  --Addison.

                Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot
                by Newbridge.                     --Clarendon.
      (b) To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce;
          hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence.
          --Shak.

                Father, thy word is passed.       --Milton.
      (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.

   3. To emit from the bowels; to evacuate.

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

   5. (Fencing) To make, as a thrust, punto, etc. --Shak.

   {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.