ə 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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| —n | |
| grammar perfect Compare imperfect a tense of the verb in classical Greek and in certain other inflected languages, indicating past action without reference to whether the action involved was momentary or continuous | |
| [C16: from Greek aoristos not limited, from | |
| ao'ristic | |
| —adj | |
| ao'ristically | |
| —adv | |
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aorist
1580s, 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."
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