"Preterite" is a word in ENGLISH

For a term which has passed, words In the Latin form of the writ of entry employed at common law …

The past or preterit tense of Arise.

the preterit of Eat.

Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v.

The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.

Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.

Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.

Same as Preteritness.

The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion.

The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past.

A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, \"I will …

In the civil law. The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is legally entitled to …

Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs.

The quality or state of being past.

See Preterition.

Old name of the tense also called preterit.

Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the …

The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; …

Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the …