单词 | preteritive |
释义 | preteritiveadj. Now rare. 1. Grammar. Of, relating to, or using the preterite; used only in the preterite tenses. In later use, chiefly in preteritive present n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > tense > [adjective] > past preteritea1450 perfectc1450 preterc1450 past1729 preteritive?1730 ?1730 T. Hull Of Eight Parts Speech 83 These two Verbs Odi and Cœpi have only the Preterperfect Tense, and those Tenses that are form'd from it; and therefor are call'd Preteritive Verbs. 1793 A. Adam Rudim. Lat. & Eng. Gram. (ed. 4) 133 These three, ōdi, cœpi, and mĕmĭni, are only used in the preterite tenses; and therefore are called the Preteritive Verbs. 1872 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 10 227 There are many cases where a subjunctive or a preteritive form would equally suit the connection. 1904 N.E.D. at Owe The original preteritive inflexion of the present tense (áh, áht, áhst, áh, ágon) began in late Old English and early Middle English to be supplanted by the ordinary pres. tense forms. 1977 Yale French Stud. No. 54. 165 With a final gesture the Faune ends the Monologue with a preteritive statement of action. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > reprobation > [adjective] non-electeda1644 reprobatarian1676 preteritive1836 1836 G. S. Faber Primitive Doctr. Election i. ix. 139 Augustine's logically correlative doctrine of Absolute Preteritive Reprobation to eternal death. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1730 |
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