Lewis Short
(verb) : antĕ-pōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3
* To set or place before.
* Lit.
* In gen.: equitum locos sedilibus plebis,Tac. A. 15, 32: propugnacula anteposita,id. ib. 12, 56.
* Trop., to prefer, give the preference to: longe Academiae illi hoc gymnasium anteponam,Cic. de Or. 1, 21 fin.: suo generi meum,id. Sull. 8, 25: amicitiam omnibus rebus humanis,id. Am. 5, 17; Nep. Eum. 1, 3; Tac. A. 12, 69.← With tmesis: pono ante: mala bo nis ponit ante,Cic. Off. 3, 17, 71.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary