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pre⋅pose

[pree-pohz]
–verb (used with object), -posed, -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:
1655–65; prob. back formation from preposition 1 ; cf. obs. prepose to set over < MF preposer; see pre-, pose 1
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