prepose
See also: préposé and prépose
English
Alternative forms
- præpose (archaic, rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from French préposer; prefix pré- (Latin prae before) with poser. See pose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹiːˈpəʊz/
- Rhymes: -əʊz
Verb
prepose (third-person singular simple present preposes, present participle preposing, simple past and past participle preposed)
- (transitive) To place or set before; to prefix.
- 1648, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest
- Otherwise I would prepose Millington (first provost afterwards of King's in the reign of King Henry the Sixth) before Wilflete master under King Richard the Third
- 1648, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest
Coordinate terms
- postpose
Related terms
- preposition
Italian
Verb
prepose
- third-person singular past historic of preporre
Anagrams
- propese, seppero