postpose

See also: postposé

English

Etymology

From French postposer. See post- and pose.

Verb

postpose (third-person singular simple present postposes, present participle postposing, simple past and past participle postposed)

1. (grammar, transitive) To place (a word or phrase) after another in a sentence, especially in order to modify it
2. (obsolete, transitive) To postpone.
   • a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:

     kings are postposed to bishops

Coordinate terms

• prepose

Related terms

• postposition

Anagrams

• opposest

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: postposent, postposes

Verb

postpose

1. inflection of postposer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative