Transpass
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Transpass is a verb meaning (largely obsolete) To pass over or through.
Meaning
(largely obsolete) To pass over or through.
Example Sentences
Alexander transpassed the river.
[…] there would be no limits which cannot be transpassed without provoking international protests.
[…] Cristobal de Acuña writes in his preface that they arrived in Pará on December 12, 1639, '... after having transpassed the mountains which feed the beginning of the great river, [...]'
[…] not containing himselfe within the River Tigris, had transpassed the bankes and bounds of the Romane Empire and made a rode into Mesopotamia, threatning to inuade Syria, and challenging the opposite Continent to Europe […]
Word Forms
- transpasses
- transpassing
- transpassed
Synonyms for transpass
Depending on context, synonyms include cross, overgo, traverse.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include forpass, trespass, overgo, transmeate, trounce, transcend.
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