Word Meanings - PREPOSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To place or set before; to prefix. Fuller.
Related words: (words related to PREPOSE)
- PLACEMENT
1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place. - PLACENTARY
Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification. - PLACE-KICK
To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n. - FULLER
One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. -- Fuller's herb , the soapwort , formerly used to remove stains from cloth. -- Fuller's thistle or weed - PREFIX
prae before + figere to fix: cf. F. préfix fixed beforehand, 1. To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement. 2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle - BEFORETIME
Formerly; aforetime. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5. - PLACER
One who places or sets. Spenser. - PLACE
Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe - PLACENTA
The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi - PLACEMAN
One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott. - PLACENTIOUS
Pleasing; amiable. "A placentious person." Fuller. - BEFOREHAND
1. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with. Agricola . . . resolves to be beforehand with the danger. Milton. The last cited author has been beforehand with me. Addison. 2. By way of preparation, - PLACEBO
The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead. - PLACENTIFEROUS
Having or producing a placenta. - PLACENTATION
The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals. - FULLERY
The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on. - PLACE-PROUD
Proud of rank or office. Beau. & Fl. - PLACEFUL
In the appointed place. - PLACENTAL
Of or pertaining to the Placentalia. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal. - PLACENTIFORM
Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle. - REPLACEMENT
The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing. - THEREBEFORE; THEREBIFORN
Before that time; beforehand. Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer. - COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like - APLACENTAL
Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta. - DISPLACER
The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. (more info) 1. One that displaces. - BY-PLACE
A retired or private place. - SELF-COMPLACENCY
The quality of being self-complacent. J. Foster. - MISPLACE
To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence. - EMPLACEMENT
A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure. - DISPLACEABLE
Capable of being displaced.