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 pret·er·ite /ˈprɛtərət/
 (a.)過去式的;過去的

 Pret·er·it a.  [Written also preterite and præterite.]
 1. Gram. Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.
 2. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. [R.]
    Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa.   --Lowell.

 Pret·er·ite a. & n. Same as Preterit.
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 preterite
      n : a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense [syn:
           preterit]