YESTERDAY
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Yes"ter*day (?), n. [OE. &yogh_;isterdai, AS. geostran dæg, from geostran, geostra, giestran, gistran, gystran, yesterday (akin to D. gisteren, G. gestern, OHG. gestaron, Icel. gær yesterday, to-morrow, Goth. gistradagis to-morrow, L. heri yesterday, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. hyas) + dæg day. Cf. Hestern. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;.]
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1. The day last past; the day next before the present.
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All our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.
Shak.
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We are but of yesterday, and know nothing.
Job viii. 9.
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2. Fig.: A recent time; time not long past.
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The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of supreme pontiffs.
Macaulay.
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Yes"ter*day, adv. On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.
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