[pey-ster] 
| 1. | a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot. |
| 2. | a person or thing that pastes. |
[past, pahst] | 1. | gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now. |
| 2. | of, having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present; bygone: the past glories of the Incas. |
| 3. | gone by just before the present time; just passed: during the past year. |
| 4. | ago: six days past. |
| 5. | having formerly been or served as; previous; earlier: three past presidents of the club. |
| 6. | Grammar. designating a tense, or other verb formation or construction, that refers to events or states in time gone by. |
| 7. | the time gone by: He could remember events far back in the past. |
| 8. | the history of a person, nation, etc.: our country's glorious past. |
| 9. | what has existed or has happened at some earlier time: Try to forget the past, now that your troubles are over. |
| 10. | the events, phenomena, conditions, etc., that characterized an earlier historical period: That hat is something out of the past. |
| 11. | an earlier period of a person's life, career, etc., that is thought to be of a shameful or embarrassing nature: When he left prison, he put his past behind him. |
| 12. | Grammar.
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| 13. | so as to pass by or beyond; by: The troops marched past. |
| 14. | beyond in time; later than; after: past noon; half past six. |
| 15. | beyond in space or position; farther on than: the house just past the church. |
| 16. | in a direction so as to pass by or go beyond: We went past the house by mistake. |
| 17. | beyond in amount, number, etc.: past the maximum age for enlisting in the army. |
| 18. | beyond the reach, scope, influence, or power of: He is past hope of recovery. |
| past·er (pā'stər) n.
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