Dictionary
pre•pose
Pronunciation: (prē-pōz'), [key]—
v.t., -posed, -pos•ing.
Gram.
to place (a grammatical form) before a related grammatical form:
The adverb “out” of “put the light out” is preposed in “put out the light.” Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.