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pluperfect
pluperfect definition
plu·per·fect (plo̵̅o̅′pʉr′fikt, plo̵̅o̅′pʉr′-)
adjective
- Gram. designating or of the past perfect tense in any of certain languages corresponding to the past perfect in English
- exceptionally perfect: sometimes used as an intensive
Etymology: LL plusquamperfectus < L plus quam perfectum, lit., more than perfect
noun
- the past perfect tense
- a verb form in this tense
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