v. Obs. rare. [= obs. F. transpasser ‘to passe or goe through, to passe ouer’ (Cotgr.), in med.L. transpassāre to go beyond (Du Cange), f. TRANS- + F. passer, med.L. passāre to pass. Cf. also It. trapassare ‘to passe through, away, or over, to decease, to die’ (Florio, 1598), ‘to passe from life to death’ (ibid., 1611). Cf. TRESPASS v.]

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  1.  intr. To pass away, depart, die.

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1592.  Daniel, Descr. Beauty, Wks. (1717), 422. Thy Form and flatter’d Hue, Which shall so soon transpass, Is far more fair than is thy Looking-glass.

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  2.  intr. To pass or penetrate across or through; also trans. to pass beyond (a boundary or limit).

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1626.  T. H[awkins], Caussin’s Holy Crt., 176. It is impossible to deceyue God, whose eye … transpasseth through the abysses.

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1629.  Maxwell, trans. Herodian (1635), 320. Had transpassed the banks and bounds of the Roman Empire.

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1646.  J. Gregory, Notes & Observ., 74. The River Hyphasis … he transpassed, and set up Altars on the other side.

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