Definition of Past anterior

1. Noun. A compound tense used in literary French (French: ''passé antérieur),'' in function a pluperfect, and in form composed of the conjunction of the simple past tense of an auxiliary verb ''(avoir, être)'' with the past participle. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Past Anterior

past
past(a)
past-master
past-participle
past-pointing
past-tense
past anterior (current term)
past continuous
past historic
past historic tense
past imperfect tense
past it
past iterative
past master
past paper
past papers
past participial
past participle
past participles
past perfect
past perfect continuous

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