Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of repassing; a passing again; passage back.
- n. In gilding, the process of passing a second coat of deadening glue as a finish over dead or unburnished surfaces.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of repassing; passage back.
Etymologies
- re- + passage (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Apres et bien j'ai rangé un peu mon chantier d'hier soir, donné a manger a mon chat qui boude toujours et puis j'ai fait le repassage.”
“J'ai recu de nouveau un coup de fil en plein milieu du repassage et comme je suis tres bete vous savez le temps de repondre j'ai laissé le fer a repasser couché sur la planche ....”
“Bon j'me suis demandé quand je devrais tuer ma mere mais n'ayant pas envie de finir mes jours dans un HP (parce que sincerement si elle continue j'v la tuer sous une de mes crise de demance violente) je vais allé lui faire son repassage ...”
“The stone, when examined, bore those marks of friction which passage and repassage over it will always give.”
“With moodily indifferent interest Elliott scarcely more than glanced up at the horseman's approach across the open plot of raw earth, hard-packed to a cement-like surface by the endless passage and repassage of countless hob-nailed, heavy-booted feet, but with that first glance his forehead began to smooth a little.”
“Great stalactites hung from the roof and dripped water upon the floor, on which numerous small stalagmites were forming, where they had not been crumbled away by the passage and repassage of sleighs.”
“And for his assurance of passage and repassage these captains made offer to engage their credits, which he refused for that he was not sent from his governor.”
“When the owner in fee of land gives to the public a right of passage and repassage over it, and his gift is accepted by the public, the land thus travelled over becomes a way by dedication.”
“In one part I almost think the stone is a little worn with the daily passage and repassage of so many thousands of tiny feet, but for the most part it certainly is not.”
“Council President Mickey Cope Weaver explained that Mayor Jerry Wolford requested the meeting on the annexation repeal and repassage of a new ordinance.”
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