past or perfect participle

A participle, usually passive in meaning, referring to past action

present participle

A participle, active in meaning, referring to roughly contemporaneous action

past /päst/

1. Bygone
2. Elapsed
3. Ended
4. In time already passed
5. Expressing action or being in time that has passed, preterite (grammar)
6. Just before the present
7. Past one's best
8. Having served a term of office

1. Time that has passed
2. Things that have already happened
3. (one's) early life or bygone career, esp if marked by tragedy or scandal
4. The past tense
5. A verb or verbal form in the past tense

1. After
2. After the time of
3. Beyond, in place, position, etc
4. Beyond the possibility of

1. By
2. Laid aside in store, for later use (Scot)

An unusual pap of pass

past master noun

1. Someone who has held the office of master (eg among freemasons)
2. Hence, someone thoroughly proficient (see also passed master under master)

past participle see under participle

I, etc would not put it past him, etc (informal)

I, etc regard him, etc as (esp morally) capable of (some action disapproved of)

past it (informal) or past one's best

Having decreased strength, ability, etc due to advancing age

past praying for

Beyond hope of redemption or recovery