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anteposition rare.|æntɪpəʊˈzɪʃən|
[n. of action f. L. antepōn-ĕre; cf. position.]
The placing of anything in front: esp. a. of a word which in ordinary construction follows; b. in Bot. (see quot.).
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Anteposition..as when in Latin the adjective is put before the substantive. 1775Ash, Anteposition, a position of words contrary to their proper and natural order. 1880Gray Bot. Text-bk. 396 Anteposition, the opposition of successive (or apparently successive) whorls which normally alternate. |