postpose

postpose
/pohst pohz"/, v.t., postposed, postposing. Gram.
to place (a grammatical form) after a related grammatical form: The adverb "out" in "put out the light" is postposed in "put the light out."
[1925-30; POST- + (PRE)POSE]

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