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Webster 1913 Edition


Passim


Pas′sim

,
adv.
[L.]
Here and there; everywhere;
as, this word occurs
passim
in the poem
.

Definition 2024


passim

passim

English

Adverb

passim (not comparable)

  1. throughout or frequently
  2. here and there

Quotations

  • 1751David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
    The sceptics assert [Sext. Emp. adrersus Math. lib. viii.], though absurdly, that the origin of all religious worship was derived from the utility of inanimate objects, as the sun and moon, to the support and well-being of mankind. This is also the common reason assigned by historians, for the deification of eminent heroes and legislators [Diod. Sic. passim.].
  • 1978Supreme Court of the United States, F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation
    See also Hearings on H.R.8825 before the House Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 70th Cong., 1st Sess., passim (1928).

Usage notes

  • used especially with the name of a book or writer to indicate that something (as a word, phrase, or idea) is to be found at many places in the same book or writer's work

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Latin

Etymology

From passus (spread out), from pandō (I spread).

Adverb

passim (not comparable)

  1. everywhere (almost synonymous to ubique)
  2. here and there, hither and thither; (at or to different places)

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