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▪ I. † prepone, v.1 Obs. rare.
Forms: 15 prepone, 16 praepone
[‹ classical Latin praepōnere to place in front > prefix + pōnere to place (see ponent n. and adj.1). Compare slightly earlier prepose v. 2a.]
trans. To place in front of; to set before.
1549R. Crowley Psalter of David xvi. sig. civv, I do prepone and set the Lord alwaye before myne eyes: He is styll at my right hande, leaste I fall in anye wyse. 1625A. Gardyne Characters & Ess. Ep. Ded. 5, I stood, and studi'd, whose præponed Name Should dye in Graine, and Luster lend to Them. 1656T. Blount Acad. of Eloquence xlix. 196 If then by this inviolable tie we are one, your endowments entitle me joint owner; a riches, I prepone to Monarchies.
▪ II. prepone, v.2
Brit. |ˌpriːˈpəʊn|, U.S. |ˈˌpriˈpoʊn|
[‹ pre- prefix + -pone (in postpone v.).]
trans. To bring forward to an earlier time or date. Opposed to postpone.
In later use, most frequent in Indian English.
1913J. J. D. Trenon in N.Y. Times 7 Dec. c6 For the benefit mainly of the legal profession in this age of hurry and bustle may I be permitted to coin the word ‘prepone’ as a needed rival of that much revered and oft-invoked standby, ‘postpone’. 1941M. Kelley This Great Argument iv. 105 He [sc. Milton] preponed to a period before the foundation of the world certain dogmatic matters connected with the accession of Christ to the mediatorial office of king. 1978Church Times 13 Oct. 8/5 Longman would like to announce that the publication date for Linelights has been preponed (brought forward) from 16th October to 25th September. 1987Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 3: Far East (B.B.C.) 14 Oct. FE/8698/B/1 The winter session of Indian parliament, which is normally convened in the third week of November, has been preponed..to early next month. 1997Independent 26 July i. 15/3 On my recent visit to Delhi, I was handed a note by my client's driver who met me... The note stated that my meeting with my client had been preponed. 2001Times of India (Nexis) 22 Feb. [The] transport minister..decided to ask schools to prepone their examinations and start summer vacations in April in view of a transport crisis. |