postpose

To place (a word or phrase) after another in a sentence, especially in order to modify it

Verb

  1. To place (a word or phrase) after another in a sentence, especially in order to modify it
  2. To postpone.
    • kings are postposed to bishops - a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:

Origin

From French postposer. See post- and pose.

Forms

postposes postposing postposed

Related

postposition