Citations:præpositive

Adjective:

 * 1771, John Whitaker, The History of Manchester; Volume I, Book I, Chapter VII, page #220:
 * But the latter is ſometimes lengthened by the præpoſitive article of the Britiſh language, and Y Tavona is formed into I‐tuna, the antient name of the Solway frith, and Tyne Tayne or Ten is formed into E‐den the preſent ſimilar appellation for it.
 * 1827, George Dunbar, An Inquiry into the Structure and Affinity of the Greek and Latin Languages, page #65:
 * But the same cannot be said of the third declension, as neither the præpositive nor subjunctive article, in the form in which we find them in the Greek authors, seems to have been employed for its terminations.