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n. - 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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  • The verb is aorist, with no pluperfect tendencies.
  • Gotta be the old aorist, and my OCS-student heart is thrilled!
  • I acknowledge the aorist, and yet do not believe the supper was now ended.
  • Afterall, if thematic verbs are more recent, the aorist and past blur together.
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