PRETERITE


Meaning of PRETERITE in English

adj. & n. (US preterit) Gram.

adj. expressing a past action or state.

n. a preterite tense or form.

[ ME f. OF preterite or L praeteritus past part. of praeterire pass (as PRETER-, ire it- go) ]

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