prepose

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See also: préposé and prépose

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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, : 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, 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.

Italian

Verb

prepose

  1. third-person singular past historic of preporre

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