Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GONE
GON-DO-LIER'GON'FA-LON, or GON'FA-NON
GONE, pp. [of Go; pronounced nearly gawn.]
- Departed. It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath. 1 Kings ii.
- Advanced; forward in progress; with far, farther, or further; as, a man far gone in intemperance.
- Ruined; undone. Exert yourselves, or we are gone.
- Past; as, these happy days are gone; sometimes with by. Those times are gone by.
- Lost. When her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone. Acts xvi.
- Departed from life; deceased; dead.
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