Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Preterit; past; bygone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Past.
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- adjective
past
Etymologies
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Latin praeterlapsus, past participle of praeterlabi to glide by. See preter- and lapse.
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Examples
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It is related (but Allah is all-knowing of His secrets and all - kenning in whatso hath passed and preceded and preterlapsed of the annals of folk), [FN#91] that the Caliph (by whom I mean Harun al-Rashid) was sitting on the throne of his kingdom one chance day of the days which happened to be the fête of 'Arafát. [
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
reesetee commented on the word preterlapsed
(Rare) Past, bygone; ended, over with.
January 23, 2008