preterimperfectadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpriːtərɪmˈpəːfᵻkt/, U.S.

/ˌpridərᵻmˈpərfək(t)/

Forms: see preter adj. and n. and imperfect adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: preter adj., imperfect adj.

Etymology: < preter adj. + imperfect adj. (although this is apparently first attested slightly later in the relevant sense), after post-classical Latin praeteritum imperfectum (see preterite imperfect adj. and n. at preterite adj. and n. Compounds). Compare preterperfect adj., preterperfect n., preterpluperfect adj., preterpluperfect n.The phrase preterimperfect tense occasionally also occurs as a compound word (compare preterpluperfect tense used likewise in quot. 1591 at preterpluperfect adj. and n.):1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. C The tences are fiue, the present tence, signifying the time that now is:..the preterimperfectence, the time not perfectly past.

Grammar. Now rare.

A. adj.

Of a tense: expressing past action going on but not complete; = imperfect adj. 6.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [adjective] > past > with specific aspect

pluperfectc1450

preterite imperfectc1450

preterite perfect1522

preterimperfectc1525

preterperfectc1525

preterpluperfectc1525

plusquamperfect1644

pluterperfect1656

past perfect1868

c1525 T. Linacre Rudimenta Grammatices sig. b2 Tenses also be .v. the present, the preterimperfit, the preterperfit, the preterpluperfit, and the futur.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 84 The preter imperfit tens as je parloye I dyd speke.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 215 There is no preterimperfect tense, nor preterpluperfect tense; but the preterperfect tense standeth for them.

1691 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Grammar 24 The true importance of that called the Preterimperfect Tense, is that it signifies a thing beginning to be done.

1711 J. Stevens Present & Anc. State of Portugal xi. 131 In the Verb, Amo, I Love, Amaram expresses all Three Tenses; the Preterperfect is Accented thus, Amáram, the Future thus, Amarám, but then the Preterimperfect has no Distinction left to express it.

1760 Introd. Lat. Tongue 15 The preterimperfect tense, speaketh of a thing that was doing at some time past, as, amabám, I did love, or, was loving.

1799 Monthly Rev. 28 411 The Verb must be..in the Preterimperfect Tense, when in English we use the Preterpluperfect.

1866 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 4 80 Its indicative has no fewer than six tenses—a present, a preterite, a preterimperfect, [etc.].

B. n.

The past imperfect tense.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [noun] > past > with specific aspect

pluperfectc1525

preterimperfectc1525

preterperfectc1525

preterpluperfectc1525

plusquamperfect1810

plusperfect1837

c1525 T. Linacre Rudimenta Grammatices sig. b2^v The present and preterimperfecte amare.

1669 J. Milton Accedence 18 The Preterit speaketh of the time past, and is distinguish't by three degrees: the Preterimperfect, the Preterperfect, and the Preterpluperfect.

1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. iv. 389 Sometimes indeed, the preterimperfect admits this idiom, without rendering the expression ambiguous.

1868 J. Oswald Etymol. Dict. Eng. Lang. 39/1 Preterimperfect. Preter; im; per; facio.

1968 Rev. Eng. Stud. 19 408/2 The third person plural of the preterimperfect of the conjunctive mood of the verb avere, which is written by different writers ten different ways.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preterimperfect
释义	preterimperfectadj.n. Brit. /ˌpriːtərɪmˈpəːfᵻkt/, U.S. /ˌpridərᵻmˈpərfək(t)/ Forms: see preter adj. and n. and imperfect adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: preter adj., imperfect adj. Etymology: < preter adj. + imperfect adj. (although this is apparently first attested slightly later in the relevant sense), after post-classical Latin praeteritum imperfectum (see preterite imperfect adj. and n. at preterite adj. and n. Compounds). Compare preterperfect adj., preterperfect n., preterpluperfect adj., preterpluperfect n.The phrase preterimperfect tense occasionally also occurs as a compound word (compare preterpluperfect tense used likewise in quot. 1591 at preterpluperfect adj. and n.):1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Gram. sig. C The tences are fiue, the present tence, signifying the time that now is:..the preterimperfectence, the time not perfectly past. Grammar. Now rare. A. adj. Of a tense: expressing past action going on but not complete; = imperfect adj. 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [adjective] > past > with specific aspect pluperfectc1450 preterite imperfectc1450 preterite perfect1522 preterimperfectc1525 preterperfectc1525 preterpluperfectc1525 plusquamperfect1644 pluterperfect1656 past perfect1868 c1525 T. Linacre Rudimenta Grammatices sig. b2 Tenses also be .v. the present, the preterimperfit, the preterperfit, the preterpluperfit, and the futur. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 84 The preter imperfit tens as je parloye I dyd speke. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 215 There is no preterimperfect tense, nor preterpluperfect tense; but the preterperfect tense standeth for them. 1691 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Grammar 24 The true importance of that called the Preterimperfect Tense, is that it signifies a thing beginning to be done. 1711 J. Stevens Present & Anc. State of Portugal xi. 131 In the Verb, Amo, I Love, Amaram expresses all Three Tenses; the Preterperfect is Accented thus, Amáram, the Future thus, Amarám, but then the Preterimperfect has no Distinction left to express it. 1760 Introd. Lat. Tongue 15 The preterimperfect tense, speaketh of a thing that was doing at some time past, as, amabám, I did love, or, was loving. 1799 Monthly Rev. 28 411 The Verb must be..in the Preterimperfect Tense, when in English we use the Preterpluperfect. 1866 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 4 80 Its indicative has no fewer than six tenses—a present, a preterite, a preterimperfect, [etc.]. B. n. The past imperfect tense. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [noun] > past > with specific aspect pluperfectc1525 preterimperfectc1525 preterperfectc1525 preterpluperfectc1525 plusquamperfect1810 plusperfect1837 c1525 T. Linacre Rudimenta Grammatices sig. b2^v The present and preterimperfecte amare. 1669 J. Milton Accedence 18 The Preterit speaketh of the time past, and is distinguish't by three degrees: the Preterimperfect, the Preterperfect, and the Preterpluperfect. 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. iv. 389 Sometimes indeed, the preterimperfect admits this idiom, without rendering the expression ambiguous. 1868 J. Oswald Etymol. Dict. Eng. Lang. 39/1 Preterimperfect. Preter; im; per; facio. 1968 Rev. Eng. Stud. 19 408/2 The third person plural of the preterimperfect of the conjunctive mood of the verb avere, which is written by different writers ten different ways. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1525
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