aorist Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation
WordNet
A"o*rist noun
Etymology
Gr. indefinite; priv. + to define, boundary, limit.Definitions
(Gram.) A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.