Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have the pas of someone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: have the -pas of -some-one
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have precedence over someone.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"1758, 18 August, correspondence from Marlborough to William Pitt You may remember that […] major-generals Kilmanseg and Oberg were made lieutenant-generals, with their commissions ante-dated, lest they should be commanded by an Englishman, whom they had formerly had the pas of […]"
"But once the newcomer has settled her relative social standing and knows which of her fellows are to have the pas of her at the hayrick and the watering-place, and which she in turn may safely bully, all is peace in the pasture."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

has the pas of someone (present, singular) having the pas of someone (participle, present) had the pas of someone (participle, past) had the pas of someone (past)

Questions

What does have the pas of someone mean?: To have precedence over someone.

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