preterit
(ˈprɛt ər ɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a verb tense referring to a past, esp. completed, action or state, and expressed in English by using a verb inflected for the past tense with no auxiliaries; simple past.
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passee
Webster Dictionary
past..gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passee belle
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retrospective
Webster Dictionary
having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law
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preterit
Webster Dictionary
past..-- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past
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indemnity
Webster Dictionary
security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty
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past
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences
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by
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passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by
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retrospect
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a looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the past
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preterist
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one whose chief interest is in the past; one who regards the past with most pleasure or favor
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review
(ɪˈvyu)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a viewing of the past; consideration of past events, circumstances, or facts.
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historical
(historic, historical)
Princeton's WordNet
belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
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historic
(historic, historical)
Princeton's WordNet
belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
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retrospect
(ˈrɛ trəˌspɛkt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
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retrospective
(ˌrɛ trəˈspɛk tɪv)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
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parusia
Webster Dictionary
a figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, or in the prediction of future, events
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un-
Webster Dictionary
to past particles, or to adjectives formed after the analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the condition or state expressed by them
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preterition
Webster Dictionary
the act of passing, or going past; the state of being past
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strong
(ˈstrɔŋ gɪst, ˈstrɒŋ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of verbs in Germanic languages) forming the past tense and usu. the past participle by a vowel change in the root, as sing, sang, sung; ride, rode, ridden.
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weak
(wik)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of verbs in Germanic languages) forming the past tense and past participle by the addition of a suffix without change of the root vowel, as work, worked, or having a preterit ending in a dental, as bring, brought.
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former
(ˈfɔr mər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
past..long past, or ancient:
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bygone
Webster Dictionary
something gone by or past; a past event
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past perfect
(ˈpæs tər ɪt, ˈpɑ stər-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pertaining to or being a verb tense or form indicating that the action or state expressed by the verb was completed prior to a point of reference in the past or that it extended up to or had results continuing up to that point, and consisting in English of had followed by a past participle, as had seen in
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past participle
(ˈpæs tər ɪt, ˈpɑ stər-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a participle with past, perfect, or passive meaning, as fallen, sung, or defeated, used in English and other languages in forming the present perfect, past perfect, and passive and as an adjective.
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modern
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice
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pluperfect
Webster Dictionary
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
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imperfect
(ɪmˈpɜr fɪkt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or designating a verb tense or form typically indicating a habitual, repeated, or continuing action or state in the past or an action or state in progress at a point of reference in the past, as Spanish hablaban“they used to speak” or “they were speaking.”
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bygone
Webster Dictionary
past..gone by
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past
Webster Dictionary
by; beyond; as, he ran past
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by-past
Webster Dictionary
past..gone by
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backward
Webster Dictionary
the state behind or past
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