Meaning of præposterous | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic spelling of preposterous.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“Some, out of præposterous zeal, object many times triviall arguments, and, because of some abuse, will quite take⟳ away the good use⟳, as if they should forbid⟳ wine, because it makes men drunk ; but, in my judgement, they are too stern : there is a time for all things, a time to mourne, a time to dance⟳ (Eccles. 3. 4) ; a time to embrace, a time not to embrace (vers. 5) ; and nothing better than that a man should rejoyce in his own⟳ works (vers. 22).”

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