Word
Preterition
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
pret-er-i-tion
Definition
- n. - The act of passing, or going past; the state of being
past.
- n. - A figure by which, in pretending to pass over
anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "I will not say, he is
valiant, he is learned, he is just." Called also paraleipsis.
- n. - The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs
who is entitled to a portion.
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