Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PAST, prep.

1. Beyond in time. – Heb. xi.
2. Having lost; not possessing; as, he was past sense of feeling.
3. Beyond; out of reach of; as, he was past cure or help. Love, when once part government, is consequently past shame. – L'Estrange.
4. Beyond; further than; as, past the boundary.
5. Above; more than. The northern Irish Scots have bows not past three quarters of a yard long. – Spenser. [Not now used.]
6. After; beyond in time. The company assembled at half past seven, that is, at half an hour after seven.