BEYOND

prep. adv.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
prep.

On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher.

2.
prep.

At a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope.

3.
prep.

Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.

4.
prep.

In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. "Beyond expectation." Barrow. Beyond any of the great men of my country. Sir P. Sidney. Beyond sea. (Law) See under Sea. -- To go beyond, to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent. That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter. 1 Thess. iv. 6.

5.
adv.

Further away; at a distance; yonder. Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing. Spenser.


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