By-gone
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Dated form of bygone. alt-of, dated, not-comparable
"I had thought (Sir) to haue held my peace, vntill / You had drawne Oathes from him, not to ſtay: you (Sir) / Charge him too coldly. Tell him, you are ſure / All in Bohemia’s well: this ſatisfaction, / The by-gone-day proclaym’d, ſay this to him, / He’s beat from his beſt ward."
Example
More examples"I had thought (Sir) to haue held my peace, vntill / You had drawne Oathes from him, not to ſtay: you (Sir) / Charge him too coldly. Tell him, you are ſure / All in Bohemia’s well: this ſatisfaction, / The by-gone-day proclaym’d, ſay this to him, / He’s beat from his beſt ward."
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