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Definition of: preterit
(pret′ər·it) adjective
1. Gram. Signifying past time or completed past action.
2. Rare Belonging to the past; bygone.
—noun Gram. The tense that expresses absolute past time; the past tense. Also pret′er·ite. [<OF preterit <L praeteritus past, pp. of praeterire go past <praeter - beyond + ire go]
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