"postpose" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: postposes [present, singular, third-person], postposing [participle, present], postposed [participle, past], postposed [past]
Etymology: From French postposer. See post- and pose. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|postposer}} French postposer, {{m|en|post-}} post-, {{m|en|pose}} pose Head templates: {{en-verb}} postpose (third-person singular simple present postposes, present participle postposing, simple past and past participle postposed)
  1. (grammar, transitive) To place (a word or phrase) after another in a sentence, especially in order to modify it Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-postpose-en-verb-Xxu99hiy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 88 12 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To postpone. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-postpose-en-verb-t9HXxcQ8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: postposition Coordinate_terms: prepose

Inflected forms

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