About The Word Preterit
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Preterit
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What's The Definition Of Preterit?
[n] a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
[adj] (grammar) a verb tense used to relate past action; "the preterite tense" Synonyms | Synonyms for Preterit: preterite | preterite Related Terms | Find terms related to Preterit: See Also | past | past tense Preterit In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Pret"er*it\, n. (Gram.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense. |
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