postposit

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/pəʊstˈpɒzɪt/

verb

To postpone; to defer.

OriginLatin postpositus →
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Meanings

verbpostposit (third-person singular simple present postposits, present participle postpositing, simple past and past participle postposited)

present singular third person postposits · participle present postpositing · participle past postposited · past postposited

  1. obsoleteTo postpone; to defer.

    Often in our Love to her , our Love to God is swallowed and postposited.

    1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Origin

  1. Latinpostpositus
  2. Englishpostposit

From Latin postpositus, past participle. See postpone.

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APA

postposit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postposit

MLA

“postposit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postposit. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postposit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postposit.

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