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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'preterition' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions preterition noun  The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting. A rhetorical device in which the speaker emphasizes something by omitting it. I do not intend to draw attention to my heroic military service; Instead, I will focus on the economy. The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in his will.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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