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Preterperfect :: Preterperfect (a. & n.) Old name of the tense also called preterit.

Ate :: Ate () the preterit of Eat.

Preteritive :: Preteritive (a.) Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs..

Bare :: Bare () Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a)..

Preterition :: 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..

Was :: Was (v.) The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was..

Preterition :: Preterition (n.) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion.

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

Preterit :: Preterit (a.) Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.

Arose :: Arose () The past or preterit tense of Arise.

Preteritness :: Preteritness (n.) The quality or state of being past.

Strong :: Strong (superl.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak..

Preterition :: Preterition (n.) The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past..

Preterit :: Preterit (n.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense..

Preteriteness :: Preteriteness (n.) Same as Preteritness.

Preterite :: Preterite (a. & n.) Same as Preterit.

Pretermission :: Pretermission (n.) See Preterition.

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