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Webster 1913 Edition
Past
Past
,Noun.
A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
“The past, at least, is secure.” D. Webster.
The present is only intelligible in the light of the
past
, often a very remote past
indeed. Trench.
Past
,p
rep.
1.
Beyond, in position, or degree; further than; beyond the reach or influence of.
“Who being past feeling.” Eph. iv. 19.
“Galled past endurance.” Macaulay.
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 hourIs it not
past
two o'clock? Shakespeare
3.
Above; exceeding; more than.
[R.]
Not
past
three quarters of a mile. Shakespeare
Bows not
past
three quarters of a yard long. Spenser.
Past
(pȧst)
, adv.
By; beyond;
as, he ran
. past
The alarum of drums swept
past
. Longfellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Past
P`AST
,pp.
1.
Enacted; having received all the formalities necessary to constitute a law.