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prepositive
[ pree-poz-i-tiv ]
adjective
- (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.
noun
- a word placed before another as a modifier or to show its relation to other parts of the sentence.
prepositive
/ ːˈɒɪɪ /
adjective
- (of a word or speech element) placed before the word governed or modified
noun
- a prepositive element
Derived Forms
- ˈDzپ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·Dzi·پ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prepositive1
Example Sentences
The prepositive syllable im, when followed by a small vowel, is written im, as in imlich to lick, imcheist perplexity.
51Թs beginning with a Lingual when the Prepositive term ends in n; 3.
A rule may then be derived from the pronunciation for the use of the hyphen in writing Compounds, viz., to insert the hyphen between the component parts, when the Prepositive term is not accented.
Of these component parts, the former may be conveniently named the Prepositive, the latter the Subjunctive term.
The prepositive particles dis and mis, derived from the des and mes of the French, signify almost the same as un; yet dis rather imports contrariety than privation, since it answers to the Latin preposition de.
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