v. Obs. rare1. [ad. L. antepōnĕre to place before.] To set before, to prefer.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Antepone, to put or set before, to prefer.
1755. T. Croker, Ariostos Orl. Fur., XLII. lxxxiii. Whose beauty, virtue, Rome should antepone To her she once so much did celebrate.