| 单词 |
forpass |
| 释义 |
† forˈpass, v. Obs.
Also forepass.
[ad. OF. for-, fourpasser, f. fors, for- prefix3 + passer to pass; in Spenser's quasi-archaic use the prefix seems to be taken as fore-.]
1. trans. To go beyond, surpass, excel. [So in OF.; in quot. 1374 Skeat takes for as a conj.]
c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 101 In al Troyes citee Nas noon so fair, for passing every wight, So aungellyk was hir natyf beautee. 153.Starkey Let. to Cromwell in England p. lxxii, So my wytt and capacyte hit for-passyth. 1550Coverdale Spir. Perle xxx. 83 b, Lyke as the spyryte forepasseth and ouercommyth the fleshe in Christe. 1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 303/2 They..know that it forepasseth all our wits.
b. To exceed (a time-limit).
1622Bacon Hen. VII, 72 The Subiect should haue his time of Watch for fiue yeares..which if hee fore-passed his Right should be bound for euer after.
2. intr. To pass beyond. In Spenser: To go past, pass.
1496Bk. St. Albans, Fishing D iv, Whether over the water he woll forpas. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. x. 20 One day as hee forpassed by the plaine With weary pace. 1591― M. Hubberd 519 Scarse can a Bishoprick forpas them by. |
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