Definition of preterit. Meaning of preterit. Synonyms of preterit

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Definition of preterit

Preterit
Preterit Pret"er*it, n. (Gram.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.
preterit
Preterperfect Pre`ter*per"fect, a. & n. [Pref. preter- + perfect.] (Gram.) Old name of the tense also called preterit.

Meaning of preterit from wikipedia

- The preterite or preterit (/ˈprɛtərɪt/ PRET-ər-it; abbreviated PRET or PRT) is a grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place...
- Preterism is a Christian eschatological view or belief that interprets some (partial preterism) or all (full preterism) prophecies of the Bible as events...
- with Balto-Slavic languages, on the other hand (especially present and preterit formations), might be due to later contacts. The Indo-Hittite hypothesis...
- Indefinite preterite (pretèrit indefinit) (recent past, cf. English present perfect), e.g. he parlat ("I have spoken") Pluperfect (pretèrit plusquamperfet d'indicatiu)...
- preterite or jussive short form: compare yiŝtahaweh (imperfective), yiŝtáhû (preterit or jussive short form) = "do obeisance". Abijah: "my father is YHWH" Adonijah:...
- Judeo-Hamadani has eight tenses, present, imperfect, subjunctive, imperative, preterit, present perfect, past perfect, and progressive. Gholami, Saloumeh (January...
- or -e and subsequent affixation to all forms of the t-preterit tense. Similarly, the s-preterit is formed from the extension of -ss (originally from the...
- that Aramaic, Hebrew and Moabite share is the syntagma of the narrative preterit. Supported by three inscriptions, prefix preterite narrative sequences...
- imperfect and ****ure subjunctives are formed from the preterit stem, so that with pud- the stem of the preterit of poder, as in yo pude 'I was able', the imperfect...
- Tuscan form survives in modern Italian: ****ure stem canter- + Old It. preterit abbe '(s)he had' > Old It. canterabbe '(s)he would have sung' > It. canterebbe...