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Preterit - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Preterit : (noun)
1: a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense [syn:
preterite]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Preterit : \Pret"er*it\, n. (Gram.)
The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Preterperfect \Pre`ter*per"fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- _
perfect.] (Gram.)
Old name of the tense also called preterit.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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