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Synonyms for pass away

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pas, pahs
Phonetic Transcription : pæs, pɑs

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Définition of pass away

Origin :
  • "written permission to pass into, or through, a place," 1590s, from pass (v.). Sense of "ticket for a free ride or admission" is first found 1838. Colloquial make a pass "offer an amorous advance" first recorded 1928, perhaps from a sporting sense. Phrase come to pass (late 15c.) uses the word with a sense of "completion, accomplishment."
  • verb die
Example sentences :
  • Perhaps he never recovered from them, for they were not of a nature to pass away.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • Nine gone for ever, ten gone for ever, eleven gone for ever, twelve coming on to pass away.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • Let him know that slavery is to pass away in the fulness of Providence.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • Let him know that slavery is to pass away, in the fulness of Providence.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • And then his anger seemed to pass away, and he laughed, first at them, then at himself.
  • Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
  • It is nothing; it is only another attack which will pass away.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • Change is about it on every side, and it must adapt itself to this change or it will pass away.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
  • The greatest act of faith, the only faith which cannot pass away, is his who has not known, but yet has believed.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
  • Soon it will pass away, and I will walk like a lady, as I once knew how.
  • Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
  • For that life which this day signifies will not pass away as to-day is to pass away.
  • Extract from : « On Prayer and The Contemplative Life » by St. Thomas Aquinas

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