prepositive
See also: prépositive
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- præpositive (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Latin praepositivus, past participle of praepono (“to place before, to place ahead of”).
Adjective edit
prepositive (not comparable)
- Put before; prefixed
- a prepositive adjective
- a prepositive cone
- a prepositive object
- a prepositive particle
- a prepositive verb
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Noun edit
prepositive (plural prepositives)
- A prepositive word.
References edit
- “prepositive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian edit
Adjective edit
prepositive