Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Past.
  • noun The past; past time.
  • noun A prefix of Latin origin, meaning ‘beyond,’ ‘over,’ or ‘by’ in space or time, ‘more than’ in quantity or degree.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more than

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  • prefix non-productive beyond

Etymologies

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From Latin praeter

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