Preterient :: Preterient (a.) Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states..

Preterimperfect :: Preterimperfect (a. & n.) Old name of the tense also called imperfect.

Preterist :: Preterist (n.) One whose chief interest is in the past; one who regards the past with most pleasure or favor.

Preterist :: Preterist (n.) One who believes the prophecies of the Apocalypse to have been already fulfilled.

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.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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