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Webster 1913 Edition


Anteposition

Anˊte-po-si′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. LL.
antepositio
. See
Position
.]
(Gram.)
The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.

Webster 1828 Edition


Anteposition

ANTEPOSI'TION

,
Noun.
s as z. [L. ante, before, and position, from pono, to place.]
In grammar, the placing of a word before another which by ordinary rules, ought to follow it.

Definition 2024


anteposition

anteposition

English

Noun

anteposition (plural antepositions)

  1. (rare) The placing of something in front of something else, especially of words in a sentence.

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