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preterite
/ ˈprɛtərɪt /
noun
- a tense of verbs used to relate past action, formed in English by inflection of the verb, as jumped, swam
- a verb in this tense
adjective
- denoting this tense
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Word History and Origins
Origin of preterite1
C14: from Late Latin praeteritum ( tempus ) past (time, tense), from Latin praeterīre to go by, from preter- + īre to go
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Example Sentences
Fortunately, they are drawn from a pathetic preterite far beneath the contempt of our cultural elite.
From The Daily Beast
The preterite of the German dialect is formed by adding ium to the imperative, which is always the root of the verb.
From Project Gutenberg
As the usual preterite was heryed (hr-y-ed-e being too cumbrous and almost unpronounceable), there is no error.
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Preterite, pret′ėr-it, adj. gone by: past: noting the past tense.
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The addition of the sound of t helps to form the Irn preterite.
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In many Bantu dialects the root pa (which means to give) becomes pele in the preterite (no doubt from an original pa-ile).
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