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Aorist

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Noun

1. aorist

a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation

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Aorist

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noun
grammar
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
Compare perfect (sense 8), imperfect (sense 4)

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Aorist

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noun
1. 
a past tense of Greek verbs, denoting an action without indicating whether completed, continued, or repeated
adjective
2. 
designating or in this tense

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Aorist

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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.

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