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Of or pertaining to postposition.

Placed after another word; as, a postpositive conjunction; a postpositive letter. -- Post*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.

Preciousness; something precious. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger.

A proposition; an exposition; a discourse. [Obs.] He made a long preposition and oration. Fabyan.

Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition. Early. -- Prep`o*si"tion*al*ly, adv.

Put before; prefixed; as, a prepositive particle. -- n.

A scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor. Todd.

The office or dignity of a provost; a provostship. Lowth.

reviously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success.

Gravitating; heavy. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise.

The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. "A propensity to utter blasphemy." Macaulay.

e act of setting or placing before; the act of offering. "Oblations for the altar of proposition." Jer. Taylor.

Pertaining to, or in the nature of, a proposition; considered as a proposition; as, a propositional sense. I. Watts.

Lit., may it do (you) good; -- a salutation used in well wishing, esp. among Germans, as in drinking healths.

A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots.

Of or pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci. -- n.

The order of birds which comprises the parrots.

neral of an iron-black or dark steel- gray color and metallic luster, usually soft. Pyrolusite parts with its oxygen at a red heat, and is extensively used in discharging the brown and green tints of glass (whence its name).