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English
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)
- (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
- third-person singular past historic of preporre
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