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. [1913 Webster] Until we be past thy borders. Num. xxi. 22. [1913 Webster] Love,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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. [1913 Webster] {Past master}. See under {Master}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Past — Past, n. A former time or state; a state of things gone by. The past, at least, is secure. D. Webster. [1913 Webster] The present is only intelligible in the light of the past, often a very remote past indeed. Trench. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Past — Past, adv. By; beyond; as, he ran past. [1913 Webster] The alarum of drums swept past. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
past — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of passen to pass Date: 14th century 1. a. ago < 12 years past > b. just gone or elapsed < for the past few months > 2. having existed or taken place in a period before the present … New Collegiate Dictionary
Past — The past is the portion of time that has already occurred; [Hegeler, E. C., Carus, P. (1890). [http://books.google.com/books?id=3KoLAAAAIAAJ The Monist] . La Salle, Ill. [etc.] : Published by Open Court for the Hegeler Institute. page 443. ] it… … Wikipedia
PAST — For the airport in Alaska with ICAO code PAST, see Summit Airport (Alaska). Pre war look of the Large PAST (background) and Small PAST (foreground) buildings … Wikipedia
Past life regression — (PLR) is a therapeutic technique that uses light levels of hypnosis to activate memories, or pseudo memories, that appear to represent past lives. PLR is typically undertaken either in pursuit of a spiritual experience, or in a therapeutic… … Wikipedia
Past iterative tense — is a grammatical tense in the Lithuanian language, which denotes complete iterative action in the past as opposed to past tense (in the Lithuanian language) with the meaning of non iterative or progressive one.This tense which is sometimes… … Wikipedia
Past continuous — is used to describe actions and states continued in the past period of time.The construction of a past continuous is similar to the present continuous tense, be it that it has a past simple form of to be instead of a present simple form preceding … Wikipedia
Past master (disambiguation) — Past Master or Past Masters may refer to:*Past master an expert professional *Past Master (Masonic) a Freemason who has served as the master of a lodge in the past *Past Master (novel) a novel by R. A. Lafferty *Past Master (game) a history based … Wikipedia