Be*yond" (&?;), adv. Further away; at a distance; yonder.
Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing.
Spenser.
Be*yond" (&?;), prep. [OE. biyonde,
bi&yogh;eonde, AS.
begeondan, prep. and adv.; pref. be- + geond yond, yonder. See Yon, Yonder.]
1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or
away than.
Beyond that flaming hill.
G. Fletcher.
2.
At a place or time
not yet reached; before.
A
thing beyond us, even before our death.
Pope.
3. Past, out of the reach or
sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the
patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.
4. In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding
to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of
any kind. "Beyond expectation."
Barrow.
Beyond any of the great
men of my country.
Sir P. Sidney.
Beyond sea. (Law) See under Sea. -- To go beyond, to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent.
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter.
1 Thess. iv. 6.
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