Appose Definition

ă-pōz
apposed, apposes, apposing
verb
To place in proximity; juxtapose.
American Heritage
To put side by side; place opposite or near.
Webster's New World
To put or apply (something) to another thing.
Webster's New World

(obsolete) To interrogate; to question.

Wiktionary

To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose.

Wiktionary

Origin of Appose

  • Coined based on Latin appōnō, by analogy with compose, suppose etc.

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably ad– -pose (as in compose)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Variant form of oppose.

    From Wiktionary

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