preterit in English

adjective
1
expressing a past action or state.
But what we do in English is shift the subordinate clause verb into preterite inflection (had blue eyes instead of has blue eyes) as if to respect the choice of tense in the main clause.
noun

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1. Beset', verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive Beset

2. Note: One may encounter the old-fashioned form Awaked as a preterit or past participle

3. Anchoritic Sardinian preterit Abbey tousei dobitak Bankakzept French bread grade school caller Hutt River Province (u.E.) (Geo) contrast control brand name for a jacket that is resistant against wind and rain and is usually short and sometimes has a hood real-time force Fahnwicke fulmar Portugal sluithefboom reliquaire (n.) brake low-level

4. Yeute (or Avowe) plural yeus (or avous) yeutes (or Avowes) singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person indicative dji (dj') tu (t') i (il) / ele dji (dj') / nos vos i (il) present a as a avans avoz ont imperfect aveu aveus aveut avins avîz avint preterit ava, ou 1 or ouri 1: avas, ous 1 or ouris 1: ava