PAS'SY-MEASURE, noun An old stately kind of dance; a cinque-pace. P'AST, participle passive of pass. Gone by or beyond; not present; not future. 1. Spent; ended; accomplished. P'AST, noun Elliptically, past time; as indemnity for the past. P'AST, preposition Beyond in time. Hebrews 11:1. 1. Having lost; not possessing; as, he was past sense of feeling. 2. Beyond; out of reach of; as, he was past cure or help. Love, when once past government, is consequently past shame. 3. Beyond; further than; as past the boundary. 4. Above; more than. The northern Irish Scots have bows not past three quarters of a yard long. [Not now used.] 5. After; beyond in time. The company assembled at half past seven, that is, at half an hour after seven.
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