postpose

[ pohst-pohz ]

verb (used with object)

, Grammar.

, post·posed, post·pos·ing.

1. to place (a grammatical form) after a related grammatical form:

   The adverb “out” in “put out the light” is postposed in “put the light out.”

Word History and Origins

Origin of postpose¹

First recorded in 1925–30; post- + (pre)pose