Preterit

['prɛtərət]

(noun.) a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense.

Editor: Wendell--From WordNet

(a.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.

(a.) Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.

(n.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.

Checker: Sophia