Past — Defs

01 a. Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

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Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

Phrases & compounds

Past master — See under Master.

02 n. A former time or state; a state of things gone by.

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A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
“The present is only intelligible in the light of the past, often a very remote past indeed.” — Trench.

03 prep. Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.

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Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
“Until we be past thy borders.” — Num. xxi. 22.

“Love, when once past government, is consequently past shame.” — L'Estrange.
2.
Beyond, in time; after; as, past the hour.
“Is it not past two o'clock?” — Shak.
3.
Above; exceeding; more than.[R.]
“Not past three quarters of a mile.” — Shak.

“Bows not past three quarters of a yard long.” — Spenser.

04 adv. By; beyond; as, he ran past.

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By; beyond; as, he ran past.
“The alarum of drums swept past.” — Longfellow.