post·pose \(ˈ)pōs(t)ˈpōz\transitive verb Etymology: Middle French postposer, modification (influenced by poser to put, place) of Latin postponere (perfect stem postpos-) 1.obsolete: postpone 2a,b 2.: to place (as a particle) after a grammatically related word < the articles … are postposed in Scandinavian and Rumanian — M.H.Swadesh >