Definitions for preterit
  • Preterit (a.) - Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.
  • Preterit (a.) - Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
  • Preterit (n.) - The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.
  • Preterite (a. & n.) - Same as Preterit.
  • Preteriteness (n.) - Same as Preteritness.
  • Preteritenesses - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Preterites - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Preterition (n.) - The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past.
  • Preterition (n.) - A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, \"I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just.\" Called also paraleipsis.
  • Preterition (n.) - The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion.
  • Preteritions - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Preteritive (a.) - Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs.
  • Preteritness (n.) - The quality or state of being past.
  • Preterits - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
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