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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In grammar, expressing past time; also, limited to past tenses.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Gram.) Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective grammar Used only or chiefly in the preterite or past tenses.

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