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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Pōst'po-sĭ'tion, n.

noun

(-zĭsh'un), n. [Fr. postposition, Sp. posposicion, It. posposizione. See POSTPONE.]

  1. The state of being put back, or out of the regular place. Mede.
  2. (Gram.) A word or particle placed after, or at the end of, a word; —distinguished from preposition. M. Müller.