"prepositive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Latin praepositivus, past participle of praepono (“to place before, to place ahead of”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|praepositivus|}} Latin praepositivus, {{m|la|praepono||to place before, to place ahead of}} praepono (“to place before, to place ahead of”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} prepositive (not comparable)
  1. Put before; prefixed Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: prepositive adjective, prepositively Related terms: preposition Coordinate_terms: postpositive
    Sense id: en-prepositive-en-adj-jWHl~n~j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præpositive [obsolete]

Noun

Forms: prepositives [plural]
Etymology: From Latin praepositivus, past participle of praepono (“to place before, to place ahead of”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|praepositivus|}} Latin praepositivus, {{m|la|praepono||to place before, to place ahead of}} praepono (“to place before, to place ahead of”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} prepositive (plural prepositives)
  1. A prepositive word.
    Sense id: en-prepositive-en-noun-LaeJiWTl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præpositive [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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