prepositive

prepositive
prepositively, adv.
/pree poz"i tiv/, Gram.
adj.
1. (of a word) placed before another word to modify it or to show its relation to other parts of the sentence. In red book, red is a prepositive adjective. John's in John's book is a prepositive genitive.
n.
2. a word placed before another as a modifier or to show its relation to other parts of the sentence.
[1575-85; < LL praepositivus prefixed. See PREPOSITION, -IVE]

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