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postpose

[ pohst-pohz ]

verb (used with object)

, Grammar.
, post·posed, post·pos·ing.
  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.”



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Word History and Origins

Origin of postpose1

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

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