preteritive

English

Adjective

preteritive (not comparable)

1. (grammar, archaic) Used only or chiefly in the preterite or past tenses.

   a preteritive verb

Noun

preteritive (plural preteritives)

1. A preteritive verb

References

• “preteritive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.