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preteritive

preteritive adjective: used only or chiefly in the preterite or past tenses.

Adjective

preteritive (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Used only or chiefly in the preterite or past tenses.
    • a preteritive verb

Noun

preteritive (plural preteritives)

  1. A preteritive verb

Forms of preteritive

pluralpreteritives

Questions about preteritive

What does preteritive mean?
Preteritive means used only or chiefly in the preterite or past tenses.
What part of speech is preteritive?
Preteritive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near preteritive in the dictionary

  1. preterite-presents
  2. preteriteness
  3. preterites
  4. preterition
  5. preteritions
  6. preteritive
  7. preteritness
  8. preterits
  9. preterlapsed
  10. preterlegal
  11. preterm

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