Past

  • 11Past — 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] …

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  • 12Past — Past, adv. By; beyond; as, he ran past. [1913 Webster] The alarum of drums swept past. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 13past — ● past ou pât nom masculin (latin pastus, pâture, de pascere, faire paître) Aliment donné aux oiseaux de proie. ● past ou pât (homonymes) nom masculin (latin pastus, pâture, de pascere, faire paître) pas adverbe pas …

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  • 14past — [adj1] preceding, done accomplished, ago, antecedent, anterior, completed, elapsed, ended, extinct, finished, foregoing, forgotten, former, gone, gone by, over, over and done, precedent, previous, prior, spent; concepts 531,585 Ant. current,… …

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  • 15past — (adj.) c.1300, done with, over, from pp. of passen go by (see PASS (Cf. pass) (v.)). The noun meaning times gone by is first attested 1580s, from the adjective. Past participle is recorded from 1798; past tense from 1813 …

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  • 16past — Past, m. Est la viande et bechée qu on donne à l oiseau de proye. Ainsi les Faulconniers disent Paistre le Faulcon de past vif, c. de quelque oiseau estant en vie. Il vient de Pascor Latin. Et se prend aussi pour le mesme que repas, Pastus, Cibus …

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  • 17past it — ► past it informal too old to be any good at anything. Main Entry: ↑past …

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  • 18Past — (Jagdw.), so v.w. Bast 4) …

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  • 19past — Mot Monosíl·lab Nom masculí …

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  • 20past|er — «PAYS tuhr», noun. 1. a slip to paste on or over something. 2. a person or thing that pastes …

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