"past historic tense" meaning in English

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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tense",
          "word": "preteriti"
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          "sense": "tense",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "passé simple"
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          "sense": "tense",
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          "word": "passato remoto"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "note": "for French",
          "roman": "tanjun-kako",
          "sense": "tense",
          "word": "単純過去"
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          "sense": "tense",
          "word": "遠過去"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "tense",
          "word": "pretérito perfeito"
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          "roman": "prošedšeje istoričeskoje vremja",
          "sense": "tense",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "прошедшее историческое время"
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          "sense": "tense",
          "word": "pretérito"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tense",
      "word": "preteriti"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tense",
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      "word": "passé simple"
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      "sense": "tense",
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      "word": "passato remoto"
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      "roman": "tanjun-kako",
      "sense": "tense",
      "word": "単純過去"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "tense",
      "word": "遠過去"
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      "sense": "tense",
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