Antonyms for passes away


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


Definition of passes 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 :
  • How it fights for its pleasures that perish, and its pride of life that passes away!
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • Then his hands fall, his head sinks on his breast, and he passes away.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 » by Various
  • We find that when the latter has done its work it passes away and passes on.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
  • But it passes away as quickly as the eddies beside the boat.
  • Extract from : « Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Sven Hedin
  • It arises and passes away, passes and arises under our very hands.
  • Extract from : « The Positive Outcome of Philosophy » by Joseph Dietzgen
  • Therefore the sense of life embodied in it passes away with it.
  • Extract from : « Carmen Ariza » by Charles Francis Stocking
  • Matter disintegrates and passes away––out of human consciousness.
  • Extract from : « Carmen Ariza » by Charles Francis Stocking
  • Wal, it's the nature of happenin's that Beasley passes away before his prime.
  • Extract from : « The Man of the Forest » by Zane Grey
  • O, I see, and when not needed for the child, it just passes away.
  • Extract from : « Almost a Woman » by Mary Wood-Allen
  • It may; or if this passes away, another will take its place.
  • Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 » by Various

Synonyms for passes away

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