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preposing

preposing is the present participle and gerund of prepose.

Meaning of prepose

Verb

prepose (third-person singular simple present preposes, present participle preposing, simple past and past participle preposed)

  1. (transitive) To place or set (something) before; to prefix.
    • It vvere preſumption in me to diſturb this method of [listing the] Maſters, agreed on my Dr. Caius, Mʳ. Parker and others. Othervviſe I vvould prepoſe Millington (firſt Provoſt aftervvards of Kings in the reign of King Henry the ſixth) before VVilflete Maſter under King Richard the third.1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section II”, in The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC, paragraph 41, page 38
    Antonyms:
    postpose

Questions about preposing

What is preposing the present participle and gerund of?
Preposing is the present participle and gerund of prepose.

Words near preposing in the dictionary

  1. preportions
  2. preports
  3. prepose
  4. preposed
  5. preposes
  6. preposing
  7. prepositi
  8. preposition
  9. preposition of place
  10. prepositional
  11. prepositional article

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