postpose

[ pohst-pohz ]
/ poʊstˈpoʊz /

verb (used with object), post·posed, post·pos·ing. Grammar.

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.”

Origin of postpose

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

Words nearby postpose

postpartum psychosis, postpartum tetanus, postperfusion lung, postpericardiotomy syndrome, postpone, postpose, postposition, postpositive, postprandial, postprandial lipemia, postproduction