Past, n. A former time or state; a state of things gone by. “The past, at least, is secure.” D. Webster.
The present is only intelligible in the light of the past, often a very remote past indeed. Trench.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.