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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aorist \A"o*rist\ ([=a]"[-o]*r[i^]st), n. [Gr. 'ao`ristos indefinite; 'a priv. + "ori`zein to define, ? boundary, limit.] (Gram.) A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it in other respects, wholly indeterminate. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aorist n : a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek; Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past) without indicating its completion or continuation
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