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postpositing

postpositing is the present participle and gerund 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 postpositing

What is postpositing the present participle and gerund of?
Postpositing is the present participle and gerund of postposit.

Words near postpositing in the dictionary

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

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