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preterperfect
preterperfect, a. (n.) (priːtəˈpɜːfɪkt) [ad. late L. præteritum perfectum ‘complete past’, with contraction: see preter, preterite, and perfect.] 1. Gram. Past perfect; applied to a tense which indicates a past or completed state or action. Also ellipt. as n. Now rare or Obs.1534 Tindale N.T., Matt.... Oxford English Dictionary
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preterimperfect
preterimˈperfect, a. (n.) Gram. Now rare. [ad. L. præteritum imperfectum ‘uncompleted past’, with contraction: see preter, preterite, and imperfect.] Expressing a past action which is not stated as completed but as going on: applied to one of the tenses of the verb in the Indo-European languages, as... Oxford English Dictionary
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preterite
preterite, -it, a. (n.) (ˈprɛtərɪt) Forms: 4–7, 9 preterit, 5 -yte, 8–9 præterit(e, 5– preterite. [= F. prétérit (13th c. in Littré), ad. L. præterit-us gone by, past, pa. pple. of præterīre, f. præter, preter- + īre to go.] 1. Of or pertaining to bygone time; occurring or existing previously; past,... Oxford English Dictionary
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Archæologia Britannica
He describes the preterperfect tense of verbs, being formed by addition of the suffix -yz, sometimes with vowel affection. wikipedia.org
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pluperfect
pluperfect, a. (n.) (ˌpluːˈpɜːfɪkt, ˈpluːˌpɜːfɪkt) Also plus-. [Contracted from plus-quam-perfect, ad. L. (tempus præteritum) plus quam perfectum ‘(past tense) more than perfect’, transl. Gr. (χρόνος) ὑπερσυντελικός. Cf. F. plus-que-parfait (1521). 400 Macrobius De different. Verb. 7 In Græcis verbi... Oxford English Dictionary
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preter
† preter, a. (n.) Obs. (ˈpriːtə(r)) Also 7 præter. [The contraction præter for præteritum preterite, in preterperfect, etc., prefixed in the same way to tense, and at length treated as a separate word.] a. Gram. = preterite, past.1530 Palsgr. 86 Circumlocutyng of al the pretertenses. 1534 More Treat... Oxford English Dictionary
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inceptive
inceptive, a. and n. (ɪnˈsɛptɪv) [a. obs. F. inceptif, -ive (16th c. in Godef.), ad. L. type *inceptīv-us, f. incept-, ppl. stem of incipĕre to begin: see -ive.] A. adj. 1. Beginnning, commencing, incipient; relating to or of the nature of a beginning, initial.1662 J. Sparrow tr. Behme's Rem. Wks., ... Oxford English Dictionary
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neutro-
neutro- combining form of neuter a., occurring in a few words, such as neutroloˈgistic a. (see quot. 1824); neutroˈpassive a., neuter passive; neutroˈpenia Med. [-penia], the presence of an abnormally low concentration of neutrophils in the blood; hence neutroˈpenic a., suffering from neutropenia; ˈ... Oxford English Dictionary
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neuter
neuter, a. and n. (ˈnjuːtə(r)) Also 5–6 neutre, 6 nuter, 6–7 newter. [a. F. neutre (14th c.) or L. neuter neither, f. ne not (see ne) + uter either (of two).] A. adj. 1. Gram. a. Of gender: Neither masculine nor feminine. Hence also, in later use, of parts of speech, etc.1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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examine
▪ I. † eˈxamine, n. Obs. exc. Hist. [f. next vb. (or ? ad. L. exāmen, -inis: cf. origin).] = examination. Also attrib.1605 Answ. supposed Discov. Romish Doctr. 43 Therefore the examine of such things we entreate may be left to God. 1630 I. Craven Serm. (1631) 14 Vpon a second examine, it may seeme t... Oxford English Dictionary
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