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postposited

postposited is the simple past and past participle of postposit.

Meaning of postposit

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

Questions about postposited

What is postposited the simple past and past participle of?
Postposited is the simple past and past participle of postposit.

Words near postposited in the dictionary

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

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