Postpose

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Postpose \Post*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Postposed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Postposing}.] [F. postposer. See {Post-}, and {Pose},
     v. t.]
     To postpone. [Obs.] --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  postpose
       v : place after another constituent in the sentence; "Japanese
           postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them"