Defn: Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle.
— n.
Defn: A prepositive word. Tooke.
PREPOSITOR
Pre*pos"i*tor, n. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: A scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor. Todd.
PREPOSITURE
Pre*pos"i*ture, n. Etym: [L. praepositura. See Preposition, and cf.
Provost.]
Defn: The office or dignity of a provost; a provostship. Lowth.
PREPOSSESS
Pre`pos*sess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prepossessed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Prepossessing.]
1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. Dryden.
2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset. It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord general. Evelyn.
PREPOSSESSING
Pre`pos*sess"ing, a.