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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

…

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noun

A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

“Writers often choose access when discussing complex ideas.”

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preposed

Part of SpeechadjectivePronunciation/pree-pohzd/

(grammar) Placed before another term in a phrase.

In a Sentence

“The preposed adjective appears before the noun it modifies, such as in ‘preposed statement’.”

Origin

From Latin preponere ‘to put before’, from prae ‘before’ + ponere ‘to place’.

Common Phrases

constituent preposed. preposedadverbial preposedconstituents preposedobject preposedelement preposed

Synonyms

precedingforegoingpreliminary

Antonyms

postposed

Related Words

adverbialpostposedprepositiveprecedingprec.preambulatorypreceedingantevenient

Poetry examples for “preposed”

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