Preterit /(?; 277)/

Pret·er·it

Preterit

a.
  1. Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past. (Gram.)
  2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. [R.]
    Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa.

Preterit

n.
  1. The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense. (Gram.)