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preporre

to place in charge of, to put before

verb preh-POR-reh Rare
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Origin: Latin praeponere (to place in front)

Usage Note

Preporre is a formal verb meaning to appoint someone to head something or to place one thing before another; it takes avere as its auxiliary. It is most often found in administrative and legal writing — preposto a means 'placed in charge of'. The noun preposto can mean a supervisor or, in Church Italian, a provost.

Examples

"Il direttore è stato preposto alla commissione."

Natural Translation

The director was placed in charge of the committee.

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