preteritive
English
editAdjective
editpreteritive (not comparable)
- (grammar, archaic) Used only or chiefly in the preterite or past tenses.
- a preteritive verb
Noun
editpreteritive (plural preteritives)
- A preteritive verb
References
edit- “preteritive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.