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praeterite |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Preterit \Pret"er*it\ (?; 277), a. [L. praeteritus p. p. of praeterire to go or pass by praeter beyond, by + ire to go: cf F. pr['e]t['e]rit. See {Issue}.] [Written also {preterite} and {pr[ae]terite}.] 1. (Gram.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past. 2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by [R.] Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa. --Lowell.