prepose

[ pree-pohz ]

verb (used with object),pre·posed, pre·pos·ing.Grammar.

to place (a grammatical form) before a related grammatical form: The adverb “out” of “put the light out” is preposed in “put out the light.”

Origin of prepose

1655–65; probably back formation from preposition¹; compare obsolete prepose to set over <Middle French preposer;see pre-, pose¹

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