præpose

A form of prepose — To place or set (something) before; to prefix.

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Meanings

verbpræpose (third-person singular simple present præposes, present participle præposing, simple past and past participle præposed)

present singular third person præposes · participle present præposing · participle past præposed · past præposed

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of prepose.

    Wherefore, making (as they say) a vertue of necessitie, I did deeme it most convenient to præpose mine epistle, onely to beseech you to account of them as of toyes and amorous devises, and ere long I will impart unto the world another poeme, which shall be more fruitfull and ponderous.

    1815, W. Percy, quoted by Egerton Brydges in Censura Literaria; second edition, Volume II, Article LXXIX, page 61
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