Bygone
['baɪgɒn] or ['baɪɡɔn]
Definition
(noun.) past events to be put aside; 'let bygones be bygones'.
(adj.) well in the past; former; 'bygone days'; 'dreams of foregone times'; 'sweet memories of gone summers'; 'relics of a departed era' .
Editor: Paula--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Past; gone by.
(n.) Something gone by or past; a past event.
Typed by Garrett
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Past, gone by.
Edited by Hilda
Examples
- But, eyes no less rapacious had watched the growth of the Mounds in years bygone, and had vigilantly sifted the dust of which they were composed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- After tea the children left us; and we three sat together, talking of the bygone days. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I thought of the bygone days when I had met her by Mrs. Fairlie's grave, and met her for the last time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Much as I have objected to him in bygone days, I agree with you now, you may be sure. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was thus that one did escape the therns in bygone times; but none has ever escaped the First Born, said Xodar, with a touch of pride in his voice. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She, too, had done her best to make our last evening renew the golden bygone time--the time that could never come again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I own I spoke to her with all that I could summon back of the sympathy and confidence of the bygone time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He received me, like a man who had formed my mind in bygone years, and had always loved me tenderly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was like dim, bygone centuries sounding. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The 'prentices think somebody may have been murdered there in bygone times. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Many were very willing to come back on such terms, and let Bourbons be bygones. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Let bygones be bygones. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Any unpleasant bygones between us are bygones, I hope. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was not for me to muse over bygones, but to act with a cheerful spirit and a grateful heart. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Why can't you let bygones be bygones? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Bygones shall be bygones, and a new page turned for you to write your lives in. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Inputed by Bess