preˈterito-preˈsential, a. (n.) Gram.
[f. mod.L. præterito-præsentia (sc. verba) + -al1.]
= preterite-present a., as in preterito-presential verbs, called in mod.L. præterito-præsentia (pl.).
| [1870, 1880: see preterite-present.] 1875 Whitney Life Lang. v. 93 Important little class of Germanic verbs called ‘preterito-presential’, because they have won their present meaning through a ‘perfect’ one. |