English dictionary
aorist
/'/eI//@/r/I/st/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.
Source: webster1913