prepose

• præpose (archaic, rare)

Borrowed from French préposer; prefix pré- (Latin prae before) with poser. See pose.

• IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈpəʊz/

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• Rhymes: -əʊz

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.

   Antonym: postpose

   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section II”, in The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC, paragraph 41, page 38:

     It vvere preſumption in me to diſturb this method of [listing the] Maſters, agreed on my Dr. Caius, M^r. 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.

prepose

1. third-person singular past historic of preporre

• propese, seppero