Things and persons as thoroughly preterite as Romulus or Numa.
Lowell.
Pret"er*it, n. (Gram.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit
tense.
Pret"er*ite (?), a. & n. Same as Preterit.
Pret"er*ite*ness, n. Same as Preteritness.
Pre`ter*i"tion (?; 277), n. [L. praeteritio: cf. F. prÈtÈrition.] 1.
The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past. Bp. Hall.
2. (Rhet.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a
summary mention of it is made; as, "I will not say, he is valiant, he
is learned, he is just." Called also paraleipsis.
3. (Law) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is
entitled to a portion. Bouvier.
Pre*ter"i*tive (?), a. (Gram.) Used only or chiefly in the preterit or
past tenses, as certain verbs.
Pret"er*it*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being past. Bentley.
Lowell.
Pre`ter*lapsed" (?), a. [L. praeterlapsus, p. p. of praeterlabi to
glide by. See Preter-, Lapse.] Past; as, preterlapsed ages. [R.]
Glanvill.
Pre`ter*le"gal (?), a. [Pref. preter- + legal.] Exceeding the limits
of law. [R.]
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Pre`ter*mis"sion (?), n. [L. praetermissio. See Pretermit.] 1. The act
of passing by or omitting; omission. Milton.