Obs. [f. BY- 2 a.] The action of going past: said both of the movements of a person and of the lapse of time.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (1531), 3. The great mystery of this by passynge of god.
1621. Sc. Acts Jas. VI., iii. ¶ 1. If they fayle therein at the by-passing of every one of the sayde Tearmes.
