PASSADES

Noun

passades

plural of passade

Anagrams

• passed as

Source: Wiktionary


PASSADE

Pas*sade", Pas*sa"do, n. Etym: [F. passade; cf. Sp. pasada. See Pass, v. i.]

1. (Fencing)

Definition: A pass or thrust. Shak.

2. (Man.)

Definition: A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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OSTENSIBLE

(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”


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