preterito-presentialadj.
/ˌprɛt(ə)rᵻtəʊprᵻˈzɛnʃl/, U.S. /ˌprɛdərədoʊprəˈzɛn(t)ʃəl/ Grammar. rare.
= preterite-present adj.
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commonc1450
personal?1482
perfect1530
valuative1566
suppletive1633
auxiliary1751
active-passive1859
mutative1866
preterito-presential1875
preterite-present1888
passival1892
preteritive present1894
applicative1903
injunctive1910
activo-passive1927
ornative1934
eventive1946
notional1957
non-factive1969
contrafactive1979
1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. v. 93 Important little class of Germanic verbs called ‘preterito-presential’, because they have won their present meaning through a ‘perfect’ one.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1875