Found 2 items, similar to Preterit.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: preterit
preterit
n : a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense [syn:
preterite]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Preterit
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.
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2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. [R.]
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Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as
Romulus or Numa. --Lowell.
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Preterit
\Pret"er*it\, n. (Gram.)
The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.
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