Past (?), adv. By;
beyond; as, he ran past.
The alarum of
drums swept past.
Longfellow.
Past , prep. 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 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.
Past , n. 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 (?), a. [From Pass, v.]
Of or pertaining to a
former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past
offences. "Past ages."
Milton.
Past master. See under Master.
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