postposit

English

Etymology

From Latin postpositus, past participle. See postpone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəʊstˈpɒzɪt/

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To postpone; to defer.
   • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:

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

References

“postposit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.