extrapose
[ek-struh-pohz]
verb (used with object), ex·tra·posed, ex·tra·pos·ing. Linguistics.
to shift (a syntactic construction) to the end of a sentence.
Nearby words
- extraphysical,
- extraphysiologic,
- extraplanetary,
- extrapolate,
- extrapolation,
- extraposition,
- extraprofessional,
- extrapyramidal,
- extrapyramidal dyskinesia,
- extrapyramidal motor system
Origin of extrapose
back formation from extraposition
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