| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| aorist |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·o·rist |
| PRONUNCIATION: |     r- st |
| NOUN: | 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek aoristos, indefinite, aorist tense : a-, not; see a–1 + horistos, definable (from horizein, to define; see horizon).
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