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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.

to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset. It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord general. Evelyn.

nding to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. -- Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly, adv.

ious impression; bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable sense; as, the prepossessions of childhood. "The prejudices and prepossessions of the country." Sir W. Scott.

One who possesses, or occupies, previously. R. Brady.

which ought to be last; inverted in order. [Obs.] The method I take may be censured as preposterous, because I thus treat last of the antediluvian earth, which was first in the order of nature. Woodward.

See Prepositor.

To deposit again.

The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust. Shak.

Reliance. [Obs.] John Hall.

To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. [Obs.] But these thy fortunes let us straight repose In this divine cave's bosom. Chapman. Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left behind. Woodward.

Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. Bacon. -- Re*pos"ed*ly (r, adv. -- Re*pos"ed*ness, n.

Full of repose; quiet.

One who reposes.

r stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store. Others reposit their young in holes. Derham.

The act of repositing; a laying up.