Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Beyond \Be*yond"\, prep. [OE. biyonde, bi[yogh]eonde, AS.
   begeondan, prep. and adv.; pref. be- + geond yond, yonder.
   See {Yon}, {Yonder}.]
   1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and
      further on or away than.

            Beyond that flaming hill.             --G. Fletcher.

   2. At a place or time not yet reached; before.

            A thing beyond us, even before our death. --Pope.

   3. Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater
      than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's
      strength.

   4. 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.

            Beyond any of the great men of my country. --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

   {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.

            That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any
            matter.                               --1 Thess. iv.
                                                  6.