Emily Dickinson Lexicon

passer by (passer-by), n. [see pass, v.] (webplay: day, exceed, flag, foot, God, help, near, place, prayers, residence, run, spring, sun).

1. One moving near; one walking by.
2. Bystander; onlooker; spectator; one not directly involved.

passing, verbal adj. [see pass, v.] (webplay: air, array, bear, bird, change, come, condition, country, die, day, earth, eye, fit, flower, go, grace, hind(e). rance, judgment, light, narrow, passing fair, passing strange, permission, road, season, sentence, sight, sun, time, try, wait, winter('s)).

1. Temporary; brief; transitory; momentary; fleeting.
2. Moving by; traveling near.
3. Occurring; taking place; in progress.
4. Elapsing.

passing, verbal n. [see pass, v.]

Transition; fading; disappearance; moving away; [fig.] death.

passion, n. [OFr < L. passiōn-em, suffering.] (webplay: death, Easter, feeling, strong).

1. Pain; torment; intense suffering of Jesus Christ before his death; severe emotional distress or physical affliction preceding death.
2. Love; deep feeling; intense desire; strong romantic attraction.

passive (-r), adj. [L. passīv-us, capable of suffering or feeling.] (webplay: death, denial, flower, God, hatred, hope, joy, quiet, right, taught).

1. Heedless; unresponsive; apathetic; indifferent; inattentive; unconcerned.
2. Quiet; calm; emotionless; beyond feeling; [fig.] dead.
3. Unresisting; not opposing; yielding with little or no struggle; helpless; defenseless.
4. Dormant; temporarily inactive.
5. [Word play] passing into the next life; transitional; dying.

past (-'s), n. [see pass, v.] (webplay: act, company, depart, foot, future, God, heart, life, mind, out of reach, past cure or help, popular, present, push, reply, road, sense, sleep, stood, stretch, supportable, time, travel).

Departed time; previous experience; recollection of former events; duration of time up to the present moment; period of life already lived.

past, prep. [see pass, v.] (webplay: between, bird, come, company, day, die, estimation, extend, go, guest, land, life, line, lost, man, mountains, move, place, possessing, sailing, seas, side, town).

1. Beyond; further than.
2. Out of reach of.
3. After.

past, verbal adj. [see pass, v.] (webplay: bird, certainty, come, day, die, earth, fit, foot, go, hour, juices, life, manner, mouth, north, offer, open, place, run, south).

1. Gone; departed; finished; done; over; ended; concluded.
2. Previous; former.
3. No longer available.
4. [Fig.] withered; faded; bereft of former glory; no longer in bloom.

paste, n. [OFr paste.] (webplay: gems).

Creation of imaginary gems; imitation jewel; synthetic mixture used to create artificial precious stones.

paste (-d), v. [see paste, n.]

Deposit; place; pile; bond; seal; solder.