To move, in almost any manner; to go; to proceed from one place to another. A man may pass on foot, on horseback or in a carriage; a bird and a meteor pass through the air; a ship passes on or through the water; light passes from the sun to the planets; it passes from the sun to the earth in about eight minutes.

To move from one state to another; to alter or change, or to be changed in condition; as, to pass from health to sickness; to pass from just to unjust.

To vanish; to disappear; to be lost. In this sense, we usually say, to pass away. Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass.

To be spent; to go on or away progressively. The time when the thing existed, is the idea of that space of duration which passed between some fixed period and the being of that thing.

To die; to depart from life.

To be in any state; to undergo; with under; as, to pass under the rod.

To be enacted; to receive the sanction of a legislative house or body by a majority of votes. Neither of these bills has yet passed the house of commons.N/\ .

To be current; to gain reception or to be generally received. Bank bills pass as a substitute for coin. False eloquence passeth only where true is not understood.

To be regarded; to be received in opinion or estimation. This will not pass for a fault in him, till it is proved to be one in us.

To occur; to be present; to take place; as, to notice what passes in the mind.

To be done. Provided no indirect act pass upon our prayers to defile them.

To determine; to give judgment or sentence. Though well we may not pass upon his life.

To thrust; to make a push in fencing or fighting.

To omit; to suffer to go unheeded or neglected. We saw the act, but let it pass.

To move through any duct or opening; as, substances in the stomach that will not pass, not be converted into ailment.

To percolate; to be secreted; as juices that pass from the glands into the mouth.

To be in a tolerable state. A middling sort of man was left well enough by his father to pass, but he could never think he had enough, so long as any had more.

To be transferred from one owner to another. The land article passed by livery and seizin.

To go beyond bounds. For this we generally use surpass.

To run or extend; as a line or other thing. The north limit of Massachusetts passes three miles north of the Merrimac. To come to pass, to happen; to arrive; to come; to be; to exist; a phrase much used in the Scriptures. To pass away, to move from sight; to vanish.