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/pri ter"i tiv/, adj. Gram.(of verbs) limited to past tenses.[1830-40; PRETERIT + -IVE]
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Preteritive — Pre*ter i*tive, a. (Gram.) Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
preteritive — /ˈprɛtərətɪv/ (say pretuhruhtiv) adjective 1. preterite. 2. (of verbs) limited to past tenses …
preteritive — /pri ter i tiv/, adj. Gram. (of verbs) limited to past tenses. [1830 40; PRETERIT + IVE] … Useful english dictionary
preterite — 1. adjective showing an action at a determined moment in the past. 2. noun The preterite tense, simple past tense: the grammatical tense that determines the specific initiation or termination of an action in the past. See Also … Wiktionary
past — Synonyms and related words: above, above and beyond, across, after, ago, ancient, antecedent, anterior, antiquated, antique, antiquity, aorist, aoristic, background, before, behind, beyond, biography, blown over, by, bygone, bygone days, bypast,… … Moby Thesaurus
pre|ter|i|tive — «prih TEHR uh tihv», adjective. Grammar. 1. expressing past time. 2. limited to past tenses: »preteritive verbs … Useful english dictionary
