Category:Pluperfect

Plu"per`fect, a. Etym: [l. plus more + perfectus perfect; cf. F. Plus-que-parfait, l. plusquamperfectum.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: the pluperfect tense; also, a verb in the pluperfect tense.