preterit

[pret·er·ite]

A term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense

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Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.

Noun
a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense


a.
Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.

a.
Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.

n.
The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.


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'82t'82rit. See Issue.] [Written also preterite and pr'91terite.] 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.

Preterit

Pret"er*it, n. (Gram.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.

Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.

The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.

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