Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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. Withered; faded; bereft of former glory; no longer in bloom.