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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beyond \Be*yond"\, adv Further away at a distance; yonder. Lo where beyond he lyeth languishing. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 Beyond that flaming hill. --G. Fletcher. 2. At a place or time not yet reached; before A thing beyond us even before our death. --Pope. 3. Past, out of the reach or sphere of further than greater than as the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength. 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: beyond adv 1: farther along in space or time or degree; "through the valley and beyond"; "to the eighth grade but not beyond"; "will be influential in the l990s and beyond" 2: on the farther side from the observer; "a pond with a hayfield beyond" [syn: {on the far side}] 3: in addition; "agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond" From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Beyond when used with reference to Jordan, signifies in the writings of Moses the west side of the river, as he wrote on the east bank (Gen. 50:10, 11; Deut. 1:1, 5; 3:8, 20; 4:46); but in the writings of Joshua, after he had crossed the river, it means the east side (Josh. 5:1; 12:7; 22:7).
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