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Webster 1913 Edition


Pluperfect

Plu′perˊfect

,
Adj.
[L.
plus
more +
perfectus
perfect; cf. F.
plus-que-parfait
, L.
plusquamperfectum
.]
More than perfect; past perfect; – said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event.
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Noun.
The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.