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preter- | preterhuman | preterient | preterimperfect | preterist | preterit | preterite | preteriteness | preterition | preteritive | preteritness

preterit

 : 
Adjective, Noun
 : 
pret=er=it

CIDE DICTIONARY

preterita. [L. praeteritus, p. p. of praeterire to go or pass by; praeter beyond, by + ire to go: cf. F. prétérit. See Issue.].
  •  Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.  [1913 Webster]
    "Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa."  [1913 Webster]
preteritn. 
     The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.  [1913 Webster]

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