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v.t. [L. ad, to; ponere, to put]To place opposite or before; to put, apply, or add one thing to another, to place in juxtaposition.
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Appose — Ap*pose , v. t. [F. apposer to set to; ? (L. ad) + poser to put, place. See {Pose}.] 1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). [1913 Webster] The nymph herself did then appose, For food and beverage, to him all best… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Appose — Ap*pose , v. t. [For oppose. See {Oppose}.] To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See {Pose}. [1913 Webster] To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly. Tyndale. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
apposé — apposé, ée (a pô zé, zée) part. passé. Le timbre apposé aux feuilles d impression … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
appose — index adjoin, border (bound), contrast, juxtapose Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
appose — (v.) to apply (one thing to another), 1590s, either from Fr. apposer (from a to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + poser to place ) or formed in English from L. apponere (see APPOSITE (Cf. apposite)) on analogy of COMPOSE (Cf. compose) … Etymology dictionary
apposé — Apposé, [appos]ée. part. pass … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
appose — [ə pōz′] vt. apposed, apposing [Fr apposer < L appositus, pp. of apponere, to put near to < ad , to + ponere, to put] 1. to put side by side; place opposite or near 2. Archaic to put or apply (something) to another thing … English World dictionary
appose — transitive verb (apposed; apposing) Etymology: Middle French aposer, from Old French, from a + poser to put more at pose Date: 1596 1. archaic to put before ; apply (one thing) to another 2. to place in … New Collegiate Dictionary
appose — apposability, n. apposable, adj. apposer, n. /euh pohz /, v.t., apposed, apposing. 1. to place side by side, as two things; place next to; juxtapose. 2. to put or apply (one thing) to or near to another. [1585 95; by analogy with COMPOSE, PROPOSE … Universalium
appose — verb To place next or to, or near to; to juxtapose. See Also: apposite, apposition, inapposite … Wiktionary
