Defn: The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a preponderation of reasons. I. Watts.
PREPOSE Pre*pose", v. t. Etym: [F. préposer; pref. pré- (L. prae before) + poser. See Pose.]
Defn: To place or set before; to prefix. [Obs.] Fuller.
PREPOSITION
Prep`o*si"tion, n. Etym: [L. praepositio, fr. praeponere to place
before; prae before + ponere to put, place: cf. F. préposition. See
Position, and cf. Provost.]
1. (Gram.)
Defn: A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; — so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.
2. A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. [Obs.] He made a long preposition and oration. Fabyan.
PREPOSITIONAL
Prep`o*si"tion*al a. Etym: [Cf. F. prépositionnel.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a
preposition. Early.
— Prep`o*si"tion*al*ly, adv.
PREPOSITIVE
Pre*pos"i*tive, a. Etym: [L. praepositivus: cf. F. prépositif.]
(Gram.)