POSTPALATINE
Post*pal"a*tine, a. Etym: [Pref. post- + palatine.] (Anat.)
Defn: Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones.
POSTPLIOCENE
Post*pli"o*cene, a. (Geol.) Etym: [Pref. post- + pliocene.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the period immediately following the
Pliocene; Pleistocene. Also used as a noun. See Quaternary.
POSTPONE
Post*pone", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postponed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Postponing.] Etym: [L. postponere, postpositum; post after + ponere
to place, put. See Post-, and Position.]
1. To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely. His praise postponed, and never to be paid. Cowper.
2. To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance. All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this. Locke.
Syn.
— To adjourn; defer; delay; procrastinate.
POSTPONEMENT
Post*pone"ment, n.
Defn: The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay. Macaulay.