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Webster 1913 Edition


Postpose

Post-pose′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Postposed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Postposing
.]
[F.
postposer
. See
Post-
, and
Pose
,
Verb.
T.
]
To postpone.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

Definition 2024


postpose

postpose

See also: postposé

English

Verb

postpose (third-person singular simple present postposes, present participle postposing, simple past and past participle postposed)

  1. (grammar, transitive) To place (a word or phrase) after another in a sentence, especially in order to modify it
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To postpone.
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French

Pronunciation

Verb

postpose

  1. first-person singular present indicative of postposer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of postposer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of postposer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of postposer
  5. second-person singular imperative of postposer