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postposes

postposes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of postpose.

Meaning of postpose

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To place (a word or phrase) after another in a sentence, especially in order to modify it
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To postpone.
    • kings are postposed to bishopsa. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

Questions about postposes

What is postposes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Postposes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of postpose.

Words near postposes in the dictionary

  1. postponers
  2. postpones
  3. postponing
  4. postpose
  5. postposed
  6. postposes
  7. postposing
  8. postposit
  9. postposited
  10. postpositing
  11. postposition

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