prepose
verb/pɹiːˈpəʊz/
Etymology Borrowed from French préposer; prefix pré- (Latin prae before) with poser. See pose.
1
To place or set (something) before; to prefix.
- It vvere preſumption in me to diſturb this method of [listing the] Maſters, agreed on my Dr. Caius, Mʳ. Parker and others. Othervviſe I vvould prepoſe Millington (firſt Provoſt aftervvards of Kings in the reign of King Henry the ſixth) before VVilflete Maſter under King Richard the third.1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section II”, in The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: … Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC, paragraph 41, page 38:
- Related terms
- postposition, postpositive, preposition, prepositive