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1. (adj.) pluperfect
more than perfect:
speaking with pluperfect precision.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L plū(s quam)perfectum (more than) perfect, trans. of Gk hypersyntelikós)
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1. (adj) past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tense
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
"`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"
2. (adj) pluperfect
more than perfect
"he spoke with pluperfect precision"
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1. (adj) pluperfect
more than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event
2. (noun) pluperfect
the pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense
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