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Definition of Preterite
1. Noun. A term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense.
Definition of Preterite
1. a. & n. Same as Preterit.
Definition of Preterite
1. Adjective. (context: grammar of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past. ¹
2. Noun. (grammar) The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preterite
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preterite
Literary usage of Preterite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Native Writings in Massachusett by Ives Goddard, Kathleen Joan Bragdon (1988)
"Conjunct preterite Negative Animate intransitive AI conjunct preterite ...
Subjunctive preterite The subjunctive preterite has an ending |-s| where the ..."
2. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"Native Tamil grammarians consider in, not»', the sign of the preterite; but as
i, never in, is the form used by the preterite verbal participle, ..."
3. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"THE FORMATION OP THE preterite BY SUFFIXING SOME PARTICLE OE SIGN OP PAST TIME.
... This mode of forming the preterite characterises most verbs ending in u ..."
4. Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar by Wilhelm Gesenius, Thomas Jefferson Conant, Emil Roediger, Benjamin Davies (1846)
"It is a false view, which regards the so-called preterite and Future not as tenses,
... As examples of the preterite and Future used expressly to denote ..."
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