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preterlapsed

preterlapsed adjective: past; former.

Adjective

preterlapsed (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) past; former
    • preterlapsed ages1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC

Origin of preterlapsed

From Latin praeterlapsus, past participle of praeterlabi (“to glide by”). See preter- and lapse.

Questions about preterlapsed

What does preterlapsed mean?
Preterlapsed means past; former.
What part of speech is preterlapsed?
Preterlapsed is an adjective.

Words near preterlapsed in the dictionary

  1. preterition
  2. preteritions
  3. preteritive
  4. preteritness
  5. preterits
  6. preterlapsed
  7. preterlegal
  8. preterm
  9. pretermer
  10. pretermers
  11. preterminal

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