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A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.

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  1. n. A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.
  2. n. a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation
  3. A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.
  4. A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action ascompleted in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, whollyindeterminate.
  5. n a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation