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Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs.

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  1. a. Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs.
  2. Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs.
  3. Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certainverbs.
  4. a. Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs.