Definition of Preterit
Pret´er`it
a.
1.
(Gram.)
Past
; -
applied
to
a
tense
which
expresses
an
action
or
state
as
past
.
2.
Belonging
wholly
to
the
past
;
passed
by
.
Things
and
persons
as
thoroughly
preterite
as
Romulus
or
Numa
.
- Lowell.
n.
1.
(Gram.)
The
preterit
;
also
,
a
word
in
the
preterit
tense
.
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,
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