(n) a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past, Syn.past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tense, Example: `I had finished' is an example of the past perfect
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
‖n. pl. [ L. luperealis, fr. Lupercus the Lycean Pan, so called fr. lupus a wolf, because he kept off the wolves. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. plus more + perfectus perfect; cf. F. plus-que-parfait, L. plusquamperfectum. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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