PRETERPER'FECT, adjective [Latin proeter 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.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.