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- adjective
ended ; having passed over or passed by
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Examples
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But Masrur knew naught of her return and abode with concern overcast and sorrow might not be overpast; no peace prevailed with him nor was patience possible to him.
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Now he knew not of her return; but abode with concern overcast and sorrow might not be overpast; — And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
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'Tis thy desire to please God, to be heartily sorry; comfort thyself, no time is overpast, 'tis never too late.
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Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
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Chapter 57 1. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
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Moreover, she is cheerful, and hopeful, and the delay will soon be overpast.
A Changed Man 2006
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There are, about all these desert regions and along most coasts, little offices at which the samurai says good-bye to the world of men, and at which they arrive after their minimum time of silence is overpast.
A Modern Utopia Herbert George 2006
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Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
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His everpresent toes are always in retaliessian out throuth his overpast boots.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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The shadow of this tyranny will soon be overpast; and when “La Curee” and
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