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Webster 1913 Edition

Anteposition

Anˊte-po-si′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. LL.
antepositio
. See
Position
.]
(Gram.)
The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.

Webster 1828 Edition

Anteposition

ANTEPOSI'TION

,
Noun.
s as z. [L. ante, before, and position, from pono, to place.]
In grammar, the placing of a word before another which by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.

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