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postmodify

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English

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Etymology

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From post- +‎ modify.

Verb

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postmodify (third-person singular simple present postmodifies, present participle postmodifying, simple past and past participle postmodified)

  1. (grammar) To modify or qualify the previous word or phrase.
    Antonym: premodify
    postmodifying phrase
    postmodifying clause
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