Main Entry: ²past

Function: preposition

Date: 14th century

1 a : beyond the age for or of <past playing with dolls> b : after <half past two>
2 a : at the farther side of : beyond b : in a course or direction going close to and then beyond <drove past the house>
3 obsolete : more than
4 : beyond the capacity, range, or sphere of <past belief>