sepose

transitive verb

-ed/-ing/-s

obsolete

: to set aside : reserve

God seposed a seventh of our time for his exterior worship

—John Donne

Word History

Etymology

modification (influenced by pose entry 1 & suppose entry 1) of Latin sepositus, past participle of seponere to set apart, from sed-, se- apart (from sed, se without) + ponere to place

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