Found 2 items, similar to preterite.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: preterite preterite n : a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense [syn: preterit]
English → English (gcide) Definition: preterite 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. [R.] [1913 Webster] Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]