▪ I. † ˈby-ˌpassing, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. by- 2 a.]
The action of going past: said both of the movements of a person and of the lapse of time.
| 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (1531) 3 The great mystery of this by passynge of god. 1621 Sc. Acts Jas. VI, iii. ¶1 If they fayle therein at the by-passing of every one of the sayde Tearmes. |
▪ II. ˈby-passing, pres. pple. rare.
Passing, surpassing.
| 1839 Bailey Festus x. (1848) 107 By-passing all night's constellated chart. |