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Aorist

A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.

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Tense 76% connected

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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Aoristic 74% connected

Indefinite; pertaining to the aorist tense.

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Aoristic 74% connected

Indefinite; pertaining to the aorist tense.

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Accessory adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjunct adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjuvant adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Ancillary adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Appurtenant adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Aspect noun · 78% connection

the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb

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Auxiliary adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Bare adjective · 78% connection

apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage o…

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Future perfect noun · 78% connection

a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "‘I will have finished’ is an example of the future p…

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Future perfect tense noun · 78% connection

a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "‘I will have finished’ is an example of the future p…

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Future tense noun · 78% connection

a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

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Imperative form noun · 78% connection

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

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Imperative mood noun · 78% connection

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

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Imperative verb noun · 78% connection

a verb in the imperative mood.

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Jussive mood noun · 78% connection

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

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Modal auxiliary noun · 78% connection

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

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Modal auxiliary verb noun · 78% connection

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

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Modal verb noun · 78% connection

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

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Accusative adjective · 78% connection

Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influenc…

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Arose unknown · 78% connection

The past or preterit tense of Arise.

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Augment noun · 78% connection

A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.

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Been unknown · 78% connection

The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee.

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Could imp. · 78% connection

Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditional present.

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Cycle noun · 78% connection

An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and…

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Future noun · 78% connection

a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

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Genitive adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to th…

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Hellenist noun · 78% connection

One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his moth…

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Hellenize verb · 78% connection

To use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize.

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Imperfect noun · 78% connection

The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.

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Inflection noun · 78% connection

A change to a word form that shows grammar, such as walked or books.

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