v. Obs. [a. OFr. apasse-r, f. à to + passer to PASS.] intr., rarely trans. To pass on or by (in space or time).
c. 1330. Arth. & Merl., 2472. This beggar apasseing That dar so speke to a king.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boeth., II. v. 46. Whan þei [riches] ben apassed, nedys þei maken hem pore þat forgon þe rychesses.
c. 1400. Beryn, 2827. [They] were a-passid & entrid in-to grete dispeyr.
