posticipate

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posticipate

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From Latin posticipō, composed of post (“later, after”) + capiō (“to take”). May also be influenced by Italian posticipàre.

verb posticipates · posticipating · posticipated

rare, transitive To refer back to (an earlier event, moment etc.), to come later in time than (something); to succeed. Opposed to anticipate. Firstly, oscillation between events of imperial and of local interest, the anticipated diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria (born 1820, acceded 1837) and the posticipated opening of the new municipal fish market

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@misc{posticipate_2026,
  title = {posticipate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/posticipate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}