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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

A'ORIST, n. [Gr. indefinite, of a priv. and limit.]
The name of certain tenses in the grammar of the Greek language, which express time indeterminate, that is, either past, present or future.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin aoristos, from Greek, from aoristos undefined, from a + horistos definable, from horizein to define — more at horizon Date: 1581 an inflectional form of a verb typically denoting simple occurrence of an action without reference to its completeness, duration, or repetition • aorist or aoristic adjective • aoristically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. Gram. --n. an unqualified past tense of a verb (esp. in Greek), without reference to duration or completion. --adj. of or designating this tense. Derivatives: aoristic adj. Etymology: Gk aoristos indefinite f. a- not + horizo define, limit

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Aorist A"o*rist ([=a]"[-o]*r[i^]st), n. [Gr. 'ao`ristos indefinite; 'a priv. + "ori`zein to define, ? boundary, limit.] (Gram.) A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.