1) Expressing past time 2) French word used in English 3) Past 4) Past tense 5) Preterit 1) Past 2) Preterit 
The preterite (in American English also preterit) is a grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past. In general, it combines the perfective aspect (event viewed as a single whole; not to be confused with the similarly named perfect) with the past tense, and may thus also be termed the perfec...
signifying past time or a completed action
• (a. & n.) Same as Preterit.
Pret'er·ite adjective & noun Same as Preterit .