Plu″per′fect (?), a. [L. plus more + perfectus perfect; cf. F. plus-que-parfait, L. plusquamperfectum.] More than perfect; past perfect; — said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event. — n. The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.