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a⋅o⋅rist

  [ey-uh-rist] Grammar
–noun
1. a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
–adjective
2. of or in this tense.
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Origin:
1575–85; < Gk aóristos unlimited, equiv. to a- a- 6 + (h)oristós limited (*horid- (base of horízein to bound, limit; see horizon ) + -tos adj. suffix)
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a·o·rist   (ā'ər-ĭst)   
n.  

  1. A form of a verb in some languages, such as Classical Greek, that expresses action without indicating its completion or continuation.

  2. A form of a verb in some languages, such as Classical Greek or Sanskrit, that in the indicative mood expresses past action.


[From Greek aoristos, indefinite, aorist tense : a-, not; see a-1 + horistos, definable (from horizein, to define; see horizon).]
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Word Origin & History

aorist 
1581, the simple past tense of Gk. verbs, from Gk. aoristos (khronos) "indefinite (tense)," from priv. prefix a- "not" + horistos "limited, defined," verbal adj. from horizein "to limit, define," from horos "boundary, limit, border."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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