PLUPERFECT - Definition

Pronunciation:		ploo'purfikt
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect" [adj] more than perfect; "he spoke with pluperfect precision" [adj] (linguistics) of or relating to the pat perfect tense of verbs; "pluperfect endings"

	Synonyms:	past perfect, past perfect tense, perfect, pluferfect tense

	See Also:	perfect, perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Plu"per`fect\, 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.