Definition for GONE

GONE, pp. [of Go; pronounced nearly gawn.]

  1. Departed. It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath. 1 Kings ii.
  2. Advanced; forward in progress; with far, farther, or further; as, a man far gone in intemperance.
  3. Ruined; undone. Exert yourselves, or we are gone.
  4. Past; as, these happy days are gone; sometimes with by. Those times are gone by.
  5. Lost. When her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone. Acts xvi.
  6. Departed from life; deceased; dead.

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