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Wiktionary

  1. repassverb

    To pass (back) again, especially in the opposite direction; to return.

  2. Etymology: Partly from repasser, partly from.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Repassverb

    To pass again; to pass back.

    Etymology: repasser, Fr.

    Well we have pass’d, and now repass’d the seas,
    And brought desir’d help. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

    We shall find small reason to think, that Abraham passed and repassed those ways more often than he was enforced so to do, if we consider that he had no other comforter in this wearisom journey, than the strength of his faith in God. Ral.

    If his soul hath wing’d the destin’d flight,
    Homeward with pious speed repass the main,
    To the pale shade funereal rites ordain. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

  2. To Repassverb

    To go back in a road.

    Five girdles bind the skies, the torrid zone
    Glows with the passing and repassing sun. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. Repass

    Repass is a surname.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Repassverb

    to pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea

  2. Repassverb

    to pass or go back; to move back; as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes

  3. Etymology: [Pref. re- + pass: cf. F. repasser. Cf. Repace.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Repass

    rē-pas′, v.t. to pass again: to travel back.—v.i. to pass or move back.—n. Repass′age, the process of passing a second coat of glue as a finish over unburnished surfaces.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. REPASS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Repass is ranked #18326 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Repass surname appeared 1,512 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Repass.

    90.6% or 1,370 total occurrences were White.
    4.3% or 65 total occurrences were Black.
    2.5% or 38 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.6% or 25 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.4% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.4% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Anagrams for repass »

  1. parses

  2. passer

  3. spares

  4. sparse

  5. spaser

  6. spears

  7. Spears

  8. aspers

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of repass in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of repass in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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