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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Beyond \Be*yond"\, prep. [OE. biyonde, bi[yogh]eonde, AS.
begeondan, prep. and adv.; pref. be- + geond yond, yonder.
See {Yon}, {Yonder}.]
1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and
further on or away than.
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Beyond that flaming hill. --G. Fletcher.
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2. At a place or time not yet reached; before.
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A thing beyond us, even before our death. --Pope.
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3. Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater
than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's
strength.
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4. 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.
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Beyond any of the great men of my country. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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{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.
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That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any
matter. --1 Thess. iv.
6.
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