prepose

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/pɹiːˈpəʊz/

verb

To place or set (something) before; to prefix.

Opposite
postpose
OriginFrench préposer →
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Meanings

verbprepose (third-person singular simple present preposes, present participle preposing, simple past and past participle preposed)

present singular third person preposes · participle present preposing · participle past preposed · past preposed · alternative præpose

  1. transitiveTo place or set (something) before; to prefix.

    It vvere preſumption in me to diſturb this method of [listing the] Maſters, agreed on my Dr. Caius, Mʳ. Parker and others. Othervviſe I vvould prepoſe Millington (firſt Provoſt aftervvards of Kings in the reign of King Henry the ſixth) before VVilflete Maſter under King Richard the third.

    1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section II”, in The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC, paragraph 41, page 38

    Antonyms: postpose

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo place or set (something) before; to prefix.

Opposite
postpose
Also see
prepone

Origin

  1. Frenchpréposer
  2. Englishprepose

Borrowed from French préposer; prefix pré- (Latin prae before) with poser. See pose.

More words from French

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Translations

Polish używać w prepozycji, użyć w prepozycji
  • używać w prepozycjiTranslations
  • użyć w prepozycjiTranslations
Spanish preposar
  • preposarTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with prepose

closegoesosrosefollowsclothesknowsJosedosnosechosehoseproposediscloseposeimposefellowsopposeexposeprosebosecomposedisposeenclose
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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