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pluperfect |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pluperfect \Plu"per`fect\, a. [L. plus more + perfectus perfect; cf F. plus-que-parfait, L. plusquamperfectum.] More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event. -- n. The pluperfect tense; also a verb in the pluperfect tense. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Preterpluperfect \Pre`ter*plu"per`fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- + pluperfect.] (Gram.) Old name of the tense also called {pluperfect}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pluperfect adj 1: (linguistics) of or relating to the pat perfect tense of verbs; "pluperfect endings" 2: more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision" n : a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`Ihad finished' is an example of the past perfect" [syn: {past perfect}, {past perfect tense}, {pluferfect tense}]
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