Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preterit"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preterit \Pret"er*it\, n. (Gram.)
The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preterit \Pret"er*it\ (?; 277), a. [L. praeteritus, p. p. of
praeterire to go or pass by; praeter beyond, by + ire to go:
cf. F. pr['e]t['e]rit. See {Issue}.] [Written also
{preterite} and {pr[ae]terite}.]
1. (Gram.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an
action or state as past.
2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. [R.]
Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as
Romulus or Numa. --Lowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preterperfect \Pre`ter*per"fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- +
perfect.] (Gram.)
Old name of the tense also called {preterit}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
preterit
adj : (grammar) a verb tense used to relate past action; "the
preterite tense" [syn: {preterite}]
n : a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense [syn:
{preterite}]
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