overpast en · ADJ
Etymology
From over- + past.
Meanings
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(archaic, not-comparable) ended; having passed over or passed by
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 57:1:That the Princess had done with him, done with him for ever, remained the most vivid impression that Hyacinth had carried away from Madeira Crescent the night before.... He was overpast, he had become vague, he was extinct.
1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima, London: Macmillan and Co.: