postpose
transitive verb
post·pose
\(ˈ)pōs(t)ˈpōz\
Definition of postpose
1 obsolete : postpone 2a,b
2 : to place (as a particle) after a grammatically related word the articles … are postposed in Scandinavian and Rumanian — M. H. Swadesh
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Origin and Etymology of postpose
Middle French postposer, modification (influenced by poser to put, place) of Latin postponere (perfect stem postpos-)
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