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prepositive, a. (n.)|prɪˈpɒzɪtɪv|
[ad. late L. præpositīv-us (Diomedes) that is set before (in gramm.), f. ppl. stem of præpōnĕre to put before: see -ive; cf. F. prépositif (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
A. adj. Proper to be placed before or prefixed.
1583Fulke Defence i. (1843) 139 It is a common thing in the Greek tongue, that the article prepositiue is taken for the subjunctiue. 1691Ray Collect. Words, Acc. Errors 161 What is the prepositive Letter in this Diphthong is doubtful. 1755Johnson Dict. Gram. c j, The prepositive particles dis and mis. 1808T. F. Middleton Grk. Article (1855) 3 Theodore Gaza..gives in his [Greek] Grammar the following account: The Article is a declinable part of speech prefixed to Nouns. It is indeed divided into the prepositive and the subjunctive; but properly speaking the prepositive only is the article. 1845Proc. Philol. Soc. II. 169 Many instances where the postfixes of older languages have become prefixes or distinct prepositive words in more recent ones. 1874Davies tr. Gesenius's Hebr. Gram. 50 Some [accents]..stand only on the first letter of a word (prepositive), others only in the last letter (postpositive).
B. n. A prepositive word or particle.
1693Chauncy Enq. Gosp. New Law 38 It were easie to shew upon what probable Reasons the Prepositive is added or omitted, in other places. 1786[see postpositive a.].
Hence preˈpositively adv., by placing in front.
1873F. Hall Mod. Eng. 50 As concerns a substantive, its subjective genitive, universally, and its objective genitive, very often, may be expressed prepositively. |