Definition of past

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Past (n.) A former time or state; a state of things gone by.

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Evangelist :: Evangelist (n.) A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance..
Forage :: Forage (n.) Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats..
Augment :: Augment (n.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs..
Kitcat :: Kitcat (a.) Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies..
Paste :: Paste (n.) The mineral substance in which other minerals are imbedded.
Buckety :: Buckety (n.) Paste used by weavers to dress their webs.
Y- :: Y- () A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use..
Yestern :: Yestern (a.) Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.
Yesterday :: Yesterday (adv.) On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday..
Breachy :: Breachy (a.) Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle..
Pasteboard :: Pasteboard (n.) A board on which pastry dough is rolled; a molding board.
Dessert :: Dessert (n.) A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner..
Sticking :: Stickiness (n.) The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue or paste..
Sport :: Sport (n.) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement..
Preterit :: Preterit (a.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.
Bever :: Bever (v. i.) To take a light repast between meals.
Timber :: Timber (v. t.) To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
Commendam :: Commendam (n.) A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.
Reminiscence :: Reminiscence (n.) The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.
Lost :: Lost (v. t.) Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul..
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