prepose

See also: préposé and prépose

English

Alternative forms

• præpose (archaic, rare)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈpəʊz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊz

Verb

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

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

   Antonym: postpose

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

     It vvere preſumption in me to diſturb this method of [listing the] Maſters, agreed on my Dr. Caius, M^r. 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.

Related terms

• postposition
• postpositive
• preposition
• prepositive

 

Italian

Verb

prepose

1. third-person singular past historic of preporre

Anagrams

• propese, seppero