preteritive
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]preteritive (not comparable)
- (grammar, archaic) Used only or chiefly in the preterite or past tenses.
- a preteritive verb
Noun
[edit]preteritive (plural preteritives)
- A preteritive verb
References
[edit]- “preteritive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.