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postposit

/pəʊstˈpɒzɪt/

postposit verb: to postpone; to defer.

Verb

postposit (third-person singular simple present postposits, present participle postpositing, simple past and past participle postposited)

  1. (obsolete) To postpone; to defer.
    • Often in our Love to her , our Love to God is swallowed and postposited.1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Forms of postposit

third-person singular presentpostposits
present participlepostpositing
past participlepostposited
pastpostposited

Origin of postposit

From Latin postpositus, past participle. See postpone.

Questions about postposit

What does postposit mean?
Postposit means to postpone; to defer.
What part of speech is postposit?
Postposit is a verb.
How do you pronounce postposit?
Postposit is pronounced /pəʊstˈpɒzɪt/.
What is the past tense of postposit?
The past tense of postposit is postposited.

Words near postposit in the dictionary

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

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