anteposition

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anteposition - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anteposition \An`te*po*si"tion\, n. [Cf. LL. antepositio. See
     Position.] (Gram.)
     The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules,
     ought to follow it.
     [1913 Webster]