APPOSING

Verb

apposing

present participle of appose

Source: Wiktionary


APPOSE

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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