Past \Past\, adv. By; beyond; as, he ran past.

The alarum of drums swept past. --Longfellow.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Past \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Past \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.

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Past \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)