Pas"quin, v. t. To lampoon; to satiraze. [R.]

To see himself pasquined and affronted.

Dryden.

Pas`quin*ade" (?), n. [F. pasquinade, It. pasquinata.] A lampoon or

satirical writing. Macaulay.

Pas`quin*ade", v. t. To lampoon, to satirize.

Pass (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Passed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Passing.] [F.

passer, LL. passare, fr. L. passus step, or from pandere, passum, to

spread out, lay open. See Pace.] 1. To go; to move; to proceed; to be

moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; --

usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or

manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly,

directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the

bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc. "But now pass over

[i. e., pass on]." Chaucer.

On high behests his angels to and fro Passed frequent.

Milton.

Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths, And from their

bodies passed.

Coleridge.

2. To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to

change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition;

as, the business has passed into other hands.

Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass from just to

unjust.

Sir W. Temple.

3. To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass

away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to

depart from life; to die.

Disturb him not, let him pass paceably.

Shak.

Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass.

Dryden.

The passing of the sweetest soul That ever looked with human eyes.

Tennyson.

4. To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and go in

consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to happen; to come; to

occur progressively or in succession; to be present transitorily.

So death passed upon all men.

Rom. v. 12.

Our own consciousness of what passes within our own mind.

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