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APPOSE
appose
(verb) place side by side or in close proximity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
appose (third-person singular simple present apposes, present participle apposing, simple past and past participle apposed)
(obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
Etymology 2
Verb
appose (third-person singular simple present apposes, present participle apposing, simple past and past participle apposed)
(transitive) To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose.
(transitive) To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).
Source: Wiktionary
Ap*pose", v. t. Etym: [F. apposer to set to; ad) + poser to put, place. See Pose.]
1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). The nymph herself did then appose, For food and beverage, to him all best meat. Chapman.
2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity.
Ap*pose", v. t. Etym: [For oppose. See Oppose.]
Definition: To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose. To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly. Tyndale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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