Crossword Clue:

A past tense or form of a verb

AnswerCrossword Clue
ALITPast-tense verb that is the same as its present-tense form minus the fourth and fifth letters
WEREContraction that's also a past-tense verb
ATEPast-tense verb that sounds like a number
LENTReligious observance that's also a past-tense verb
WEREVerb in past tense.
PRETERITVerb tense expressing the past
SEEVerb that can combine with its past tense
EATVerb whose past tense is formed by moving the first letter to the end