- Hesternal
- Hestern Hes"tern, Hesternal Hes*ter"nal, a. [L. hesternus; akin to heri yesterday.] Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See {Yester}, a. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
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Hesternal
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hesternal — /he stûrˈnəl/ adjective Of yesterday ORIGIN: L hesternus … Useful english dictionary
Hesternal tense — A hesternal tense is a past tense for the previous day. ( Hestern is Latin for yesterday.) Hesternal tense refers to an event which occurred yesterday (in an absolute tense system) or on the preceding day (in a relative tense system). Pre… … Wikipedia
hesternal — a. pertaining to yesterday … Dictionary of difficult words
Grammatical tense — is a temporal linguistic quality expressing the time at, during, or over which a state or action denoted by a verb occurs.Tense is one of at least five qualities, along with mood, voice, aspect, and person, which verb forms may express.Tenses… … Wikipedia
Hestern — Hes tern, Hesternal Hes*ter nal, a. [L. hesternus; akin to heri yesterday.] Pertaining to yesterday. [Obs.] See {Yester}, a. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Present tense — For other uses, see Present tense (disambiguation). The present tense (abbreviated pres or prs) is a grammatical tense that locates a situation or event in present time.[1] This linguistic definition refers to a concept that indicates a feature… … Wikipedia
Crastinal tense — A crastinal tense (abbreviated cras) is a future tense applied to a following or subsequent day. (Crāstinum is Latin for morrow.) Crastinal tense refers to an event which will occur tomorrow (in an absolute tense system) or the following day (in… … Wikipedia
Nonfuture tense — A nonfuture tense (abbreviated nfut) is a grammatical tense that distinguishes a verbal action as having taken place in times past or times present, as opposed to future tense. The tense is found in the Rukai, a language of Taiwan … Wikipedia
Nonpast tense — A nonpast tense (abbreviated npst) is a grammatical tense that distinguishes a verbal action as taking place in times present or future, as opposed to past tense. This can be illustrated in English, where future is not a separate form of the verb … Wikipedia
hes|ter|nal — «hehs TUR nuhl», adjective. of or having to do with yesterday: »enervating slumbers, from the hesternal dissipation or debauch (Edward G. Bulwer Lytton). ╂[< Latin hesternus of yesterday + English al1] … Useful english dictionary
