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postpose

American  
[pohst-pohz] / poʊstˈpoʊz /

verb (used with object)

Grammar.
postposed, postposing

  1. to place (a grammatical form) after a related grammatical form.

    The adverb “out” in “put out the light” is postposed in “put the light out.”

Etymology

Origin of postpose

First recorded in 1925–30; post- + (pre)pose

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