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Definition of Prepositive
1. a. Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle.
Definition of Prepositive
1. Adjective. Put before; prefixed; as, a '''prepositive''' particle. ¹
2. Noun. A prepositive word. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prepositive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prepositive
Literary usage of Prepositive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"SUBJUNCTIVE AND prepositive PRONOUNS. § 311. The Relative Pronouns WHO, WHICH,
... The Personal Pronouns, on the other hand, have been called prepositive, ..."
2. An Improved French Grammar: Containing a New Method of Discovering the by John B. Ricord Madianna (1812)
"It is also called prepositive, because it is preceded by a preposition, which,
... Other examples, with accidental prepositive complements. ..."
3. The Elements of Greek Grammar by Richard Valpy, Charles Anthon (1834)
"These are prepositive and Postpositive, av, ct^a, ... The rest are prepositive.
[Signification of some of the Particles. "Ago, 1. ..."
4. A Grammar of the Irish Language: Pub. for the Use of the Senior Classes in by John O'Donovan (1845)
"... noting, however, the adverbial character of the whole phrase. SECTION 2.— Of
prepositive and inseparable, ... The following fifteen prepositive, ..."
5. A Grammar of the Irish Language: Pub. for the Use of the Senior Classes in by John O'Donovan (1845)
"... noting, however, the adverbial character of the whole phrase. SECTION 2.— Of
prepositive and inseparable, ... The following fifteen prepositive, ..."
6. A Greek Grammar for the Use of High Schools & Universities by Philipp Buttmann (1839)
"THE prepositive ARTICLE. 1. When a substantive is to be expressed as definite,
it regularly takes before it the article o, i], ió, which corresponds to the ..."
7. The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"SUBJUNCTIVE AND prepositive PRONOUNS. § 311. The Relative Pronouns WHO, WHICH,
... The Personal Pronouns, on the other hand, have been called prepositive, ..."
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