pasquin (paskwin)

[F. pasquin, a lampoon, also the statue so called (Cotgrave), from the statue mentioned above, there was an ancient statue of Mars, called by the people Marforio; and gibes and jeers pasted upon Pasquin were answered by similar effusions on the part of Marforio. By this system of thrust and parry the most serious matters were disclosed, and the most distinguished persons attacked and defended. (I. D'Israeli.) Also pasquinade. Julian us the emperor, in his book entitled "Cæsares,' being as a pasquin or satire to deride all his predece ors, feigned that they were all invited to a banquet of the gods. pasquin (pas'kwin), v. t. [ Bacon , Advancement of Learning, i. 79. It is not, my Lord, that any man delights to see himself pasquined and affronted by their inveterate scribblers. Dryden, Ded. of Duke of Guise. pasquinade (pas-kwi-nād'), n. [ F.pasquinade, A writer of pa Claudius pa ed in his general's dre of purple with ivory sceptre and oak-leaf crown. C. Elton, Origins of Eng. Hist., p. 308. Pa on, weak heart, and leave me. Tennyson, Come not when I am dead. 2. To undergo transition; alter or change, either at once or by degrees, from one state or condition to another: with into or to before the word denoting the new state: as, during the operation the blue pa es into green. A thing of beauty is a joy forever; Its loveline increases; it will never Pa into nothingne . IMG:content-2415.jpg:[graphic] Keats , Endymion, i. The still affection of the heart Became an outward breathing type, That into stillne past again, And left a want unknown before. Tennyson, Miller's Daughter. When Ælfred gave laws to We ex. the conquerors had a imilated the conquered; the British inhabitants of We ex had pa ed into English men. E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 149. 3. To move beyond the reach of observation, purpose, or action; vanish; disappear; hence, to depart from life; die: usually followed by away. Whyl that I have a leyser and a space, Myn harm I wol confe en, er I pace . Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 486. So pa eth , in the pa ing of a day, Of mortall life the leafe, the bud, the flowre. Spenser, F. Q., II. xii. 75. Vex not his ghost; O let him pa ! he hates him much That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. Shak . , Lear, v. 3. 314. He past ; a soul of nobler tone: My spirit loved and loves him yet. Tennyson, In Memoriam, lx. Reverence for the house of worship is pa ing away. J. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 252. All pa es , naught that has been is, Things good and evil have one end. 4. To elapse; be spent. A. C. Swinburne , Felise. No Age, ever since Gregory the Great, hath pa ed , where in some or other hath not repined and murmured at the Pontifical Pomp of that Court. Howell, Letters, ii. 5. I love any discourse of rivers, and fish, and fishing; the time spent in such discourse pa es away very pleasantly. I. Walton , Complete Angler, p. 194. The time when the thing existed is the idea of that space of duration which pa ed between some known and fixed period of duration and the being of that thing. Locke , Human Understanding, II. xv. § 8. 5. To receive approval or sanction; undergo investigation or discu ion succe fully; be aecepted or approved. (a) To be enacted, as by a legislative or other similar body; become law: as, the bill pa ed. But I have heard it was this bill that past , And fear of change at home, that drove him hence. Tennyson, Walking to the Mail. The bill [for the repeal of the Corn Laws] pa ed , but the resentment of his own party soon drove him [Sir Robert Peel] from office. J. R. Green, Short Hist. Eng., p. 800. (6) To gain or have acceptance; be generally received or current: as, bank-notes pa as money. This false beauty will not pa upon men of honest minds and true taste. Steele, Spectator, No. 6. False eloquence pa eth only where true is not understood. Felton. Were the premises good, the deduction might pa ; but the premises are more than questionable. H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 168. ML. pa are, step, walk, pa , Whoso took a mirour polis shed bryghte And sette it in a comune market-place, Than sholde he se ful many a figure pace By his mirour. Chaucer , Merchant's Tale, I. 340. And many pa ed to Venice. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 161. Sir Griffith Markham, after some time, was set at liberty, and pa ed beyond Sea, where he liv'd long after in mean account. Baker , Chronicles, p. 404. Now master Gas coigne, shooting very often, could neuer hitte any deare, yea and often times he let the heard pa e by as though he had not seene them. Chron. of Gas coigne's Life (ed. Arber). From A ouan I rid to Philæ, pa ing near the quarries, Pococke, Description of the East, I. 119. (c) To go succe fully through an examination or inspection; specifically, in universities, to go succe fully through an ordinary examination for a degree: as, he pa ed in math considered; be received in estimation or opinion (as): usually with for: as, he pa ed for a man of means. Let thy apparell not exceede, to pa e for sumptuous cost, Nor altogether be too base, for so thy credit 's lost. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), р. 296. God made him, and therefore let him pa for a man. Shak ., M. of V., 1. 2. 61. And wou'd have his Noise and Laughter pa for Wit, as t'other his Huffing and Blustring for Courage. Wycherley, Plain Dealer, v. 1. Let me tell you, a woman labours under many disadvantages who tries to pa for a girl at six and thirty. Sheridan, School for Scandal, ii. 2. 6. To go on; take place; occur; happen: as, to bring a thing to pa ; to come to pa . In my next you shall hear how Matters pa here. Howell, Letters, I. iii. 22. 1, Flowering Plant of American Pasque-flower ( Anemone patens, var. Nut tall i an a ); 2, a leaf; a , the fruit; b, one of the nutlets with the long plumose style. reserve. Heaven is for thee too high To know what pa es there; be lowly wise. Milton, P. L., viii. 178. They are so far from regarding what pa es that their imaginations are wholly turned upon what they have in Swift , On Conversation. 7. To expre or pronounce an opinion, judgment, verdict, or sentence: as, to pa upon the merits of a picture or a book. pa Though well we might not pa upon his life Without the form of justice. Shak ., Lear, iii. 7. 24. Let your justice and speedy sentence pa e against this great malefactor Prelaty. Milton , Church-Government, ii., Con, 8. To thrust or lunge, as in fencing. I pray you, pa with your best violence. Shak., Hamlet, v. 2. 309. 4313 Some we vysyted and some we pa ed by [by reason of] lacke of tyme, whiche I set not in ordre as they lye and stonde. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 46. There are so many things which make that [St. Augustine] a difficult Cape to pa that hardly any Man would try to do it, but at a distance. Dampier , Voyages, II. iii. 9. Time, as he pa es us, has a dove's wing. Unsoil'd, and swift, and of a silken sound. Cowper , Task, 17. 211. pa as, the bill has pa ed the Senate.-13. Το sanction; approve; enact; ratify; give legal effect to; allow or cause to become law: as, the Senate has pa ed the bill; a resolution has been pa ed; they pa ed a dividend of seven per cent. (that is, authorized the payment of such a dividend). I hope you will be more vigilante hereafter, that nothing may pa in such a manner. Bradford , Plymouth Plantation, p. 180. True, we have lost an empire - let it pa . Cowper , Task, ii. 236. 10. To go through a duct or opening; be voided. Such [substances) whose tenacity exceeds the powers of digestion will neither pa nor be converted into aliment. Arbuthnot, Aliments, i. 6. 11. To be interchanged; be reciprocally communicated or conveyed: as, no one knows what pa ed between them. After Salutations and divers Embraces which pa ed in the first Interview, they parted late. Howell , Letters, I. iii. 15. Many endearments and private whispers pa ed between them. Add is on, The Tory Foxhunter. She wondered if he remembered the ki that had pa ed Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, xvi. 12. To be transferred as from one to another: as, the land pa ed to other owners.-13. Το go beyond bounds; exceed toleration or belief. between them on New Year's Eve. Why, this pa es ! Master Ford, you are not to go loose any longer. Shak., M. W. of W., iv. 2. 127. Yea, and it pa eth to see what sporte and pa etyme the godds themselves have at suche folie of these selie mortall men. Chaloner , tr. of Moriæ Encomium, K 2. ( Nares . ) 14. To circulate; keep moving. Fill up your gla , let the jug pa , How d'ye know but your neighbour's dry? Let the toast pa ; Drink to the la ; Lever , Song. I'll warrant she 'll prove an excuse for the gla . Sheridan, School for Scandal, iii. 3 (song). 15t. To care; have regard: usually with a negative. Wee neede not much pa e if the degree do differ sum what from theyr opinion, for asmuche as the difference can not bee greate. R. Eden, tr. of Peter Martyr (First Books on America, [ed. Arber, p. 110). The poet Iuuenall reproched the couetous Merchant, who for lucres sake pa ed on no perill either by land or sea. pa the threshold. But in seeking to pa e the Riuer Euphrates was drowned. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 281. To pa e the seas was their intent. Dutche of Suffolk's Calamity (Child's Ballads, VII. 300), The Northern Men said, It was their Bargain to have all the Spoil in every Place, after they had pa ed Trent. Baker , Chronicles, p. 198. 3. To i ue or proceed from or through, as in utterance. Howe'er harsh language, Call'd on by your rough usage, pa 'd my lips, In my heart I ever lov'd you. Fletcher, Spanish Curate, v. 3. I will describe him to you, if I can, but don't iet it pa your lips. Walpole , Letters, II. 444. But nevermore did either pa the gate Save under pall with bearers. Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. 4. To undergo; go through; experience, as perils or hardships. She loved me for the dangers I had pa 'd . Shak ., Othello, i. 3. 167. 5. To undergo succe fully, as an examination, inspection, or the like: as, to pa muster. All things among men of sense and condition should pa the censure, and have the protection, of the eye of reason. Steele , Spectator, No. 438. The analysis is nece ary for the due estimate of his value as a historian; the writer who can pa such an ordeal where it is po ible to apply it may be trusted where it is not po ible to apply it. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 80. 6. To live or exist through; spend: used of time: as, to pa one's time in idlene . O, I have pa 'd a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams. Shak., Rich. III., i. 4. 2. I had a me age from Malim Soliman, that I must come to his house and pa the whole day with him. Pococke , Description of the East, I. 80. The hours we pa with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowned with fruition. Goldsmith, Vicar, x. In the midst of the service, a lady, who had pa ed the winter at London with her husband, entered the congregation. Add is on , Spectator. The greatest matter pa ed was a proclamation against Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, II. 140. It was in Requital that his Majesty pa ed the Petition of Right. Howell , Letters, I. v. 6. My lord, and shall we pa the bill I mention'd half an hour ago? Tennyson, Day-Dream, Revival. 14. To give expre ion to; utter; pronounce: as, to pa judgment on a person or an opinion. Firm and irrevocable is my doom Which I have pa 'd upon her. Shak., As you Like it, i. 3. 86. To pa a judgment upon Cures, and the good and evil practice of Physick, without doubt is one of the nicest things, even to Men of the Faculty. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 240. The Archbishop of York not only votes for Lord Grenville, but has pa ed upon him and his ecclesiastical propensities a warm panegyric. Sydney Smith , To Counte Grey. 15. To transfer or transmit from one person, place, or condition to another; deliver; communicate; circulate; hand over: as, to pa title to property; to pa the bottle. What mean you by this, to call him King who hath pa ed his Kingdom over to his Son? Baker, Chronicles, p. 54. He brought an accounte which to them all amounted not to above 400li, for which he had pa ed bonds. Bradford , Plymouth Plantation, p. 232. Over blowing seas, Over seas at rest, Pa the happy news, Blush it thro' the West. Tennyson, Maud, xvii. 16. To put into circulation; use as current money by paying or otherwise transferring to another: as, to pa a light coin; to pa counterfeit notes. -17. To discharge from the intestinal canal; void, as bile, blood, etc.: as, to pa a tapeworm.-18. To cause to percolate or filter through: as, to pa a liquid through muslin or charcoal; to pa gas through water. -191. To pierce; penetrate. From strong Patroclus' hand the jav'lin filed, And pa 'd the groin of valiant Thrasymed. Pope , Iliad, xvi. 567. As for these silken-coated slaves, I pa not ; It is to you, good people, that I speak. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 2. 136. If, when I should choose, Beauty and virtue were the fee proposed, I should not pa for parentage. Ford, Love's Sacrifice, i. 1. 16t. To win in the old game of pa age. See pa age, 14.-17. In card - playing: (a) To decline to avail one's self of an opportunity-as, in euchre, by refusing to order up, a ist, or make the trump. ( b ) In poker and certain other games, to throw up one's hand; retire from the game. Full piteous seems young Alma's Case: As in a luckle Gamester's Place, She would not play, yet must not pa . Prior , Alma, i. 18. To throw a ball from one to another; play "catch." [New Eng.] In New England the ordinary term used to expre the throwing and catching of a ball by two or more persons is pa . "Let's go out and pa . " In New Jersey and Pennsylvania the verb is catch. Jour. of Amer. Folk -Lore, II. 155. 19. To toll the pa ing-bell for a death. [Prov. Eng.] To bring to pa . See bring. - To come to pa . See come. To pa current. See current1.To pa off, to be carried through or conducted, in the sense of a succe ion of incidents and impre ions taken collectively, or of a general impre ion: as, the anniversary celebration pa ed off brilliantly. To pa off for or as, to be generally received or regarded as; be taken for. To pa over, to overlook; disregard. If I counseil of wommen wolde blame, Pa e over, for I sayde it in my game. Chaucer , Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 442. To pa upon, to pa judgment or adjudicate upon (a question): as, the court dismi ed the case without pa ing upon the merits. - Well to pa t, well off; well to do; in comfortable circumstances. His mothers husband, who reputed was His father, being rich and well to pa e , A wealthy merchant and an alderman, On forraigne shores did travell now and then. Scott's Philomythie (1616). ( Hall i well .) II. trans. 1. To go by; go past without stop ping. no notice of: as, to pa an affront. His tears, his oaths, his perjuries, I pa o'er: To think of them is a disease. Fletcher, Spanish Curate, iii. 3. I wonder how the curiosity of wiser heads could pa that great and indisputable miracle, the ce ation of oracles. Sir T. Browne , Religio Medici, i. 29. I pa their warlike pomp, their proud array. Dryden. 8. To omit; leave out; skip; fail to pay: as, to pa a dividend. [U.S.]-9t. To regard; consider; heed; care: usually with a negative: as, I pa not what they say. Nor the Utopians pa not how many of them they bring to destruction. Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 10. Whoe'er it be, I do not pa a pin; Alphonsus means his soldier for to be. Greene, Alphonsus, i. If a writer will see me to obserue no decorum at alle, nor pa e how he fashion his tale to his matter, who doubteth but he may in the lightest cause speake like a Pope, & in the grauest matters prate like a parr at? Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 126. 10. To do or finish doing; make an end of; accomplish; finish. This night We'll pa the busine privately and well. Shak ., T. of the S., iv. 4. 57. This ceremony being pa 'd , my Lord fell to Busine . Howell , Letters, I. vi. 5. 11. To surpa ; exceed; transcend; excel: as, it pa es belief or comprehension. He syngeth, daunceth, pa ynge any man That is or was, sith that the world big an. Chaucer, Franklin's Tale, 1. 201. Hee dooth not onely farre pa e the Historian, but for instructing is well nigh comparable to the Philosopher. Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. A quiet life doth pa an empery. Greene, Alphonsus, i. The peace of God, which pa eth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ. Phil. iv. 7. To see thee pa thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant. Shak., M. W. of W., ii. 3. 26. 21. Naut ., to fasten or secure or to use in fastening by taking a few turns, as of rope or small line around something: as, to pa a gasket, seizing, earing, etc.-22. To go beyond; exceed; transgre . Trewely to take and trew eliche to fyzte, Ys the profe ion and the pure ordre that apendeth to knyztes; Who-so pa eth that poynt ys a post at a of knygthod. Piers Plowman (C), ii. 98. He marks the bounds which Winter may not pa , And blunts his pointed fury. Cowper , Task, vi. 192. To be pa ed ont, to be considered, regarded, or heeded. It is made a matter of sport, a matter of nothing, a laughing matter, and a trifle not to be pa ed on , nor to be reformed. Latimer , 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. To pa away. (a) To spend; while away; waste. Lest she pa away the flower of her age. Ecclus. xlii. 9. Their design was to pa away the heat of the summer among the fresh breezes that rise from the river, and the agreeable mixture of shades and fountains in which the whole country naturally abounds. Add is on, Ancient Medals, i. (bt) To transfer; hand over into the po e ion of another; alienate. When she [the cow) came to be past away in parte of paymente, after ye agreemente, she would be accepted but at 4li. 158. Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 379. To pa by. (a) To go past without visiting or making a halt. Corfu, the first Island of note that we past by . lyeth in the Ionian sea, Sandys , Travailes, p. 3. About six miles from Jerusalem we pa ed by the tents of the Arabs who were our conductors; here we ascended a hill to the south, from which we had a prospect of Sion. Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 34. (b) To overlook; take no notice of; excuse. However God may pa by single sinners in this world, yet, when a nation combines against him, the wicked shall not go unpunished. Til lots on. Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pa my imperfections by . War pa es the power of all chemical solvents, breaking up the old adhesions and allowing the atoms of society to take a new order. Emerson , Harvard Commemoration. 12. To gain the acceptance or approval of; obtain the official or authoritative sanction of: (c) To neglect; disregard. D. Everett, Lines written for a School Declamation. pa Certain pa ages of Scripture we cannot, without injury to truth, pa by here in silence. T. Burnet, Theory of the Earth. To pa in. (a) To permit to enter: as, the doorkeeper pa ed us in. (b) To hand in or hand over: as, the committee pa ed in their report. - To pa in one's checks or chips, to hand over one's checks to the dealer for settlement at the end of the game, as in gambling; hence, to come to one's last account; die. See chip1, n., 6. [Slang, U. S.] To pa muster. See muster. - To pa off, to palm off; put into circulation: as, to pa off a bad dollar. -To pa (anything or any one) off as or for, to pretend that anything, etc., is what it is given out for; reflexively, to pretend to be; a ume the character or rôle of: as, he pa ed himself off as a bachelor. Whether in the 17th century an impostor... might not have pa ed himself off as a bishop. Macaulay. To pa on or upon, to impose fraudulently; put upon, as a trick. IMG:content-2416.png:[blocks in formation] To pa over. (at) To spend; exhaust. We will, with going up & downe, and wrangling & expostulating, pa over ye sommer before we will goe. Cushman, quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, p. 57. (b) To disregard; omit to notice. There are two exceptional churches in Normandy which should not be pa ed over in silence. J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., I. 512. To pa publication. See publication . - To pa round the hat. See hat1 . - To pa the hail. See hail3.- Το pa the seals, to receive authentication by the affixing of the seal of state, as in the case of a patent for lands.To pa the time of day, to salute or greet by some remark suitable to the time of day, the weather, etc.; exchange greetings. [Colloq.] The police never try to turn me away; they're very friendly; they'll pa the time of day with me, or that, from knowing me so long in Oxford-street. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, II. 489.