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laloplegia (medicine)


laloplegia
Paralysis of the muscles concerned in the mechanism of speech.

Origin: G. Lalia, speech, + plege, a stroke


pass(4) (iou)



pass verb. [p¨»:s] Pa. pple passed, past. ME.
[Old & mod. French passer from Proto-Romance (repr. in medieval Latin passare), from Latin passus PACE noun1. See also PAST adjective & noun, PAST preposition & adverb.]
I. (Cause to) go, proceed, or move onward.
verb intrans. & trans. with adverbial obj. Go on, move onward, proceed. Usu. with preposition or adverbial adjunct. ME.
E. Bowen A servant with a lighted taper passed from gas-bracket to gas-bracket. Tolkien He rose..and drawing the curtain passed out into the cave. G. Greene He passed into one of the offices of the inner court.
b. verb intrans. Go on or proceed in narration, consideration, etc. Now usu. foll. by on. LME.
c. verb intrans. Of a line, string, etc.: extend, run. E18.
verb trans. Cause or enable to go on, move onward, or proceed; convey, send. Usu. with preposition or adverbial adjunct. LME.
T. Washington The way whereby Xerxes passed his army. I. Allen A canal..sufficient to pass boats of 25 tons.
verb trans. Move; cause to go round, over, etc. Formerly also spec., push through a sieve. M16.
E. H. Yates He had passed the wet sponge over the slate. I. Murdoch A sense of constriction as if a wire..had been passed round his chest.
verb intrans. Thrust or lunge with a sword. Foll. by on, upon. L16.
b. verb trans. Make (a thrust). rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
II. Go away; depart.
verb intrans. Go away; depart or remove oneself from. Also, (of a thing) be taken away or removed from. arch. ME.
Bible (AV): Matthew 26:39 Let this cup passe from me. E. Arnold The holy man..made The eight prostrations..Then turned and passed.
b. fig. Depart from or forsake a course, practice, principle, etc. LME.
Die. Now usu. foll. by away, on. ME.
Evening Post (Nottingham) Ernest..passed away December 12th after much suffering. B. Emecheta A dying old man eager to tell it all..before he passed to the Other side. P. Angadi As soon as the old Queen passed on..there seemed an almost audible sigh of relief.
III. verb intrans. Go or move about, Travel; be active. ME-L16.
IV. (Cause to) go from one to another; transfer, be transferred.
verb intrans. Go or be transported or transferred from a place, condition, state, etc. ME.
B. Stewart A substance passes from the solid to the liquid state. D. H. Lawrence Both men passed into perfect unconsciousness. J. C. Oates A cold that passed into bronchitis and then into pnuemonia. A. J. Ayer The Cambridge chair passed into the..hands of John Wisdom.
b. Of letters, words, etc.: be exchanged. M16.
P. Ackroyd Queries and corrections passed between them.
verb intrans. Law. Of property, a title, etc.: be conveyed to a person; come by inheritance into, to. LME.
Ld Macaulay The time when the crown passed from Charles the second to his brother. E. Longford The Mornington title would pass to the second Wellesley brother.
b. verb trans. Convey in legal form or with legal effect. L16.
verb trans. Send forth or out, emit. rare. LME-E17.
verb trans. Give in pledge (one's word or promise). arch. LME.
a. verb intrans. Be handed or put about; (esp. of money) be in circulation, have currency. arch. L15.
b. verb trans. Put about; put (esp. money) into circulation, give currency to. L16.
verb trans. Cause to go from one to another; hand, transfer. Also foll. by down, over, round, etc. L16.
J. Buchan One of the flankers..passed the word to the others. L. R. Banks He used to pass me notes. R. Ingalls The Food..started to be passed around. G. Swift Jenny passes up the cameras.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Sport. Send (the ball) to another player in one's own team. M19.
verb trans. Discharge from the body as or with excreta. L17.
A. Desai He stood waiting..locked into a terrible urgency to pass water.
b. verb intrans. Be discharged in this way. arch. M18.
V. (Cause to) go by; move past.
verb trans. & intrans. Go by, proceed past, (a person or thing); leave (a thing etc.) on one side or behind in proceeding; spec. overtake, esp. in a vehicle. ME.
G. Greene He passed the lit windows of the restaurant-car. V. Scannell This grave procession passed. I. Murdoch They must have passed the turning. J. Gardner Watching cars and trucks and buses pass on the highway.
b. verb trans. Cause to go by; spec. have (troops etc.) march by for inspection. E16.
verb intrans. Of time, things in time, etc.: elapse, go by; come to an end. ME.
V. Brittain A fortnight passed in which no letter came. Juliette Huxley Marriages crack but some survive; the storm passes. S. Johnson Morton knew that the opportunity for protest had passed.
b. verb intrans. Of an event, occurrence, etc.: proceed in the course of things; take place, happen. ME.
M. Edgeworth Reflect coolly upon what has passed. A. Schlee What had passed between them might prove irreversible.
c. verb trans. Spend or use up (a period of time), esp. engaged in a particular activity. Also foll. by away. LME.
B. Pym That territory in which a vast number of people pass their lives. F. Forsyth He dawdled, passing the time staring into lighted shop windows.
verb trans.
a. Go by without attending to; neglect, omit. LME-M17.
b. Omit in narration, leave unmentioned. L16.
c. Omit payment of (a dividend etc.). L19.
verb intrans.
a. Poker etc. Retire from the game. L16.
b. In Bridge etc.: decline to make a bid; gen. decline or be unable to act in one's turn in a game etc. M19.
VI. (Cause to) go or get through.
verb intrans. Go or get through, esp. in the face of obstruction or difficulty; have or effect passage. ME.
E. Arnold He set A triple guard, and bade no man should pass. W. Golding Flint roads where a wagon might pass.
b. verb trans. Of a weapon: pierce, penetrate. L16-E18.
verb trans. Go across (a sea, frontier, mountain range, etc.), go through (a barrier). Also (rare), go through or traverse (a forest, street, etc.). ME.
Milton These Gates for ever shut, which none can pass.
b. verb intrans. Go across a sea etc. L16-M17.
c. verb trans. Cause or allow to go through a barrier or obstruction. E17.
verb intrans. Go without check or challenge; be tolerated or allowed to serve the purpose; be accepted as adequate, go uncensured. ME.
C. M. Yonge Very little is required. You will easily pass in a crowd. J. Braine 'He's a lovely little boy.' 'He'll pass'.
b. Foll. by as, for: be accepted or currently known as; be taken for (esp. someone or something else). L16.
Betty Smith Although she was only fourteen, she..could pass for sixteen easily. P. V. White The skirting of sand and detritus which passed for a beach. V. S. Pritchett In London literary circles he passed as the..Romantic Slav.
c. Foll. by on, upon: deceive, impose on. arch. L17.
d. Foll. by by: be currently known by (a name or appellation). M18.
e. Be held or accepted as a member of a religious or ethnic group Other than one's own; spec. (of a person with some black ancestry) be accepted as white. Chiefly US. M20.
a. verb trans. & intrans. Go or get through (a trial or test) successfully; spec. achieve a satisfactory or required standard in (an examination); arch. endure or experience (an event, suffering, etc.). ME.
R. West In..the usual local examinations..we had always passed with honours. Oxford Star He has passed two life-saving awards.
b. verb trans. Of an examiner: judge the performance or condition of (a candidate) in an examination to be satisfactory. M19.
a. verb trans. & intrans. Of a proposal, spec. a bill: be examined and approved by (a legislative or deliberative body). LME.
J. McCarthy The bill passed without substantial alteration. G. Greene Their conversation was like a letter which has to pass a censorship.
b. verb trans. Examine and cause or allow (a proposal) to proceed, esp. to further legislative or parliamentary processes. M16.
E. Longford A Corn Law had been passed early in 1815.
c. verb trans. Allow to go unchecked or without notice; overlook. E17-E19.
VII. Give or pronounce judgement etc. (on); consider.
verb intrans. Of a jury, judge, court, etc.: hear and decide on a case or point; arch. adjudicate between parties. Formerly also, give a verdict for or against. ME.
b. Serve on a jury. arch. L16.
verb intrans. Of a verdict, sentence, or judgement: be given or pronounced. LME.
verb trans. Process, execute, accomplish, (a matter or business). LME-M18.
verb intrans. Take account of, consider, care. Foll. by for, how, of, on, to do. Usu. in neg. contexts. M16-L17.
verb trans.
a. Utter or pronounce (a judicial sentence). L16.
b. Express (esp. a criticism) in speech. E17.
C. Storr He passed remarks about her figure. A. Harding Passing audible comment upon the family.
VIII. Go beyond, exceed.
verb trans. Go beyond or outside of; overstep (bounds). arch. ME.
W. Cowper He marks the bounds which Winter may not pass.
verb trans. Go beyond (a point, place, or stage in life etc.). arch. ME.
Bible (AV): 1 Corinthians 7:36 If she passe the floure of her age.
verb trans. & intrans. Surpass or excel (a person or thing) in some quality. arch. ME.
b. verb trans. Exceed in number, measurement, or amount. Now rare. ME.
c. verb intrans. impers. Exceed all ordinary limits, be beyond description. M16-L17.
verb trans. Exceed or be beyond the compass or range of (a faculty); be too great for. LME.
Bible (AV): Philemon 4:7 The peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding. Aldous Huxley This given reality is an infinite which passes all understanding.
Phrases: let pass allow to go unchecked or uncensored. pass a person's lips be eaten or uttered by a person. pass a remark make an observation, esp. a disparaging one. pass as sterling: see STERLING adjective 2a passed ball Baseball a pitch that the catcher fails to stop or control, enabling a base runner to advance. passed pawn Chess: that has advanced beyond the pawns on the Other side. pass for sterling: see STERLING adjective 2a. pass in one's checks: see CHECK noun1. pass in one's marble Austral. slang die. pass muster: see MUSTER noun. pass one's eye over read cursorily. pass one's lips be spoken or uttered by one. pass round the hat: see HAT noun. pass the buck: see BUCK noun9. pass the pikes: see PIKE noun4. pass the time of day colloq. exchange greetings, chat idly. pass to one's reward: see REWARD noun 3. pass water urinate. ships that pass in the night: see SHIP noun 1. well to pass: see WELL adjective. will pass in a crowd, would pass in a crowd: see CROWD noun2.
With adverbs in specialized senses: pass away (a) arch. (of a person) depart, leave; (b) (of a thing) come to an end, cease to be; (of time) elapse; (c) relinquish, surrender, (rights etc.); (see also senses 6, 16c above). pass by (a) verb phr. intrans. go or proceed past a person or thing without stopping; (b) verb phr. trans. go or proceed past (a person or thing) without stopping or without taking notice; overlook; take no notice of, ignore. pass off (a) (of a feeling, condition, etc.) disappear gradually; (b) (of a proceeding) be carried through in a specified way; (c) misrepresent (a person or thing) as something else; (d) evade or lightly dismiss (an awkward remark etc.). pass on (a) proceed on one's way; continue; (b) transmit (a thing, esp. a message) to the next person in a series (pass on the torch: see TORCH noun); (see also senses 1b, 4, 6, 21c, 24, 27 above). pass out (a) faint, become unconscious; (b) (chiefly dial.) die; (c) successfully complete a course of instruction, esp. (Military) a cadet Training course etc.; (d) distribute; (e) Bridge (of the players) make three consecutive passes following (a bid), this bid becoming the contract, or make no positive bid at all in (a hand), (usu. in pass.). pass over (a) go across; Chemistry (of a substance) vaporize during distillation and condense in a receiving vessel; (b) (of a period of time) elapse, come to an end; (c) hand over, transfer; (d) omit, disregard, ignore; spec. ignore the claims of (a person) to Promotion or advancement; (e) die; (see also sense 13 above). pass through be in a place temporarily while on the way to somewhere else; chiefly as passing through. pass up colloq. refuse, reject, or forgo (an opportunity etc.).
With prepositions in specialized senses: pass by (a) go through or by way of; (b) go past; (see also sense 21d above). pass over cross above or on the surface of; traverse; (see also sense 3 above). pass through (a) go from side to side of; cross (a city etc.), esp. without stopping; (b) experience; (c) make or force a passage through; penetrate; (d) cause to pass or go through; pass through one's hands: see THROUGH preposition & adverb; pass through the mill: see MILL noun1; pass through the pikes: see PIKE noun5.