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More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event.

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  1. a. More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event.
  2. n. The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.
  3. adj. more than perfect
  4. n. a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
  5. More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event. -- n. The pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.
  6. More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense whichdenotes that an action or event was completed at or before the timeof another past action or event.-- n.
  7. n:100 s. more than perfect