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subterposed

subterposed adjective: placed underneath.

Adjective

subterposed (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Placed underneath.
    • When the bodies had been placed on the pyres, these were set on fire, so that the clothes and the flesh were burned with the subterposed wood.1878, The Quarterly Review, volume 145, page 68

Questions about subterposed

What does subterposed mean?
Subterposed means placed underneath.
What part of speech is subterposed?
Subterposed is an adjective.

Words near subterposed in the dictionary

  1. subterm
  2. subterminal
  3. subterminally
  4. subterms
  5. subternatural
  6. subterposed
  7. subterposition
  8. subterrain
  9. subterrains
  10. subterrane
  11. subterraneal

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