| PRETERIST | • preterist n. One whose chief interest is in the past. • preterist n. (Theology) An adherent of preterism; one who believes that the Biblical prophecies of the Apocalypse… • PRETERIST n. a person who holds that the prophecies of the Apocalypse have been already fulfilled. |
| PRETERISTS | • preterists n. Plural of preterist. • PRETERIST n. a person who holds that the prophecies of the Apocalypse have been already fulfilled. |
| PRETERIT | • preterit n. (Uncommon, US) Alternative form of preterite. • preterit adj. (Uncommon, US) Alternative form of preterite. • PRETERIT n. the grammatical tense signifying past time or a completed action, also PRETERITE. |
| PRETERITE | • preterite adj. (Grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past. • preterite adj. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. • preterite n. (Grammar) A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past. |
| PRETERITENESS | • preteriteness n. Alternative form of preteritness. • PRETERITENESS n. the state of being preterite. |
| PRETERITENESSES | • PRETERITENESS n. the state of being preterite. |
| PRETERITES | • preterites n. Plural of preterite. • PRETERITE n. the grammatical tense signifying past time or a completed action, also PRETERIT. |
| PRETERITION | • preterition n. The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting. • preterition n. (Rhetoric) Synonym of paralipsis. • preterition n. (Law) The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in his will. |
| PRETERITIONS | • preteritions n. Plural of preterition. • PRETERITION n. the omission by a testator of some one of his entitled heirs, thus invalidating the will. |
| PRETERITIVE | • preteritive adj. (Grammar) Used only or chiefly in the preterite or past tenses. • PRETERITIVE adj. used only in the preterite. |
| PRETERITS | • preterits n. Plural of preterit. • PRETERIT n. the grammatical tense signifying past time or a completed action, also PRETERITE. |