"postposit" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /pəʊstˈpɒzɪt/ Forms: postposits [present, singular, third-person], postpositing [participle, present], postposited [participle, past], postposited [past]
Etymology: From Latin postpositus, past participle. See postpone. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|postpositus}} Latin postpositus Head templates: {{en-verb}} postposit (third-person singular simple present postposits, present participle postpositing, simple past and past participle postposited)
  1. (obsolete) To postpone; to defer. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-postposit-en-verb-fPxqrlPy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for postposit meaning in English (1.2kB)

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