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(1):

(n.) A word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; - so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.

(2):

(n.) A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Preposition'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/preposition.html. 1828.
 
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