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third-person singular simple present passes away, present participle passing away, simple past and past participle passed away
(euphemistic, idiomatic) To die. quotations examples
He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away.
1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company
(archaic, literary) To disappear; to cease to be; to be no more. quotations
And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Revelation 21:4
Though the writer has striven to dwell on aspects that have passed, or are passing away, it will be apparent that many features of Midland practice have been adopted as standard for the L.M.S.R. and other railways.
1946 May and June, J. Alan Rannie, “The Midland of 35 Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 200
(obsolete) To spend; to waste. quotations
Lest she pass away the flower of her age.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Wisdom of Sirach of Sirach-Chapter-42/#9 42:9