make the passes

Verb

 * 1)  To perform a hypnotic technique involving running the hands over the head and body of the subject.
 * 2) * 1901,, “Veera” in Phaëthon, with three other stories in verse and a prose contention, Kingston, NY: Styles & Kiersted, p. 62,
 * Her story done, the maiden begg’d of me
 * To set out for my kingdom, with the dawn.
 * “Not yet,” said I, “not yet,” and then I made
 * The passes with my hands and fix’d my will
 * To sway her will, till, with a questioning glance,
 * She fell into a calm, Mesmeric sleep.
 * To sway her will, till, with a questioning glance,
 * She fell into a calm, Mesmeric sleep.