Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-TER-PER'FECT
PRE-TER-NAT'U-RAL-NESSPRE-TER-PLU-PER'FECT
PRE-TER-PER'FECT, a. [L. præter and perfectus.]
Literally, more than complete or finished; an epithet equivalent to preterit, applied to the tense of verbs which expresses action or being absolutely past. [Grammar.] – Spectator.
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