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   Beyond , prep. [OE. biyonde, biȝeonde, AS. begeondan, prep. and adv.; pref. be- + geond yond, yonder. See Yon, Yonder.]
   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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   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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   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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   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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   Beyond , adv. Further away; at a distance; yonder.
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   Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing.
   Spenser.
   
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