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Webster 1913 Edition
Preteritive
Pre-ter′i-tive
,Adj.
(Gram.)
Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs.
Definition 2024
preteritive
preteritive
English
Adjective
preteritive (not comparable)
- (grammar) Used only or chiefly in the preterite or past tenses.
- a preteritive verb