POSTPOSE

postpose

(verb) place after another constituent in the sentence; “Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

postpose (third-person singular simple present postposes, present participle postposing, simple past and past participle postposed)

(grammar, transitive) To place (a word or phrase) after another in a sentence, especially in order to modify it

(obsolete, transitive) To postpone.

Coordinate terms

• prepose

Anagrams

• opposest

Source: Wiktionary


Post*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Postposing.] Etym: [F. postposer. See Post-, and Pose, v. t.]

Definition: To postpone. [Obs.] Fuller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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