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preterite |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Preterite \Pret"er*ite\, a. & n. Same as {Preterit}. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: preterite adj : (grammar) a verb tense used to relate past action "the preterite tense" [syn: {preterit}] n : a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense [syn: {preterit}]
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