apast
Americanpreposition
Etymology
Origin of apast
1890–95; a- (semantically empty, perhaps a generalization of adverbial a- 1 ) + past; cf. anear, anigh
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It sweeps apast like a fiery chariot, bearing poor little Butterfly's soul to heaven.
From Stars of the Opera by Mabel Wagnalls
They won't come apast that scratch, and I kin skeer 'em off with this.
From Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor by Frank Cobb
About an inch and a half apast ten!
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
"The stage didn't leave out whoever it is—it drove right apast," said Aunty Em.
From Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch by Helen Reimensnyder Martin
"How d'ye stand on the proposition to have the town build a sidewalk up the hill apast the Congregational church, Deacon?"
From Scattergood Baines by Clarence Budington Kelland
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