Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transpass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: transpass
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pass over or through.

Example Sentences

"Alexander transpassed the 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 […]"
"[…] on it rolled. At mid-point of its way, / Where energy as of full manhood reigned / 'Twas little weakened, but, that stage transpassed, / The drain increased in volume, so that it / To lower level sank, and lower still, / Till, broken up and 'minished into threads / Of solitary life , it disappeared, […]"
"[…] 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, [...]'"

Etymology

From trans- + pass?

Word Breakdown

Prefix: trans

Inflected Forms

transpasses (present, singular) transpassing (participle, present) transpassed (participle, past) transpassed (past)

Phrases

pass by

Frequently Paired Words

pass by

Synonyms

cross overgo traverse

Questions

What does transpass mean?: To pass over or through.
Where does transpass come from?: From trans- + pass?

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