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ap⋅pose

[uh-pohz]
–verb (used with object), -posed, -pos⋅ing.
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.

Origin:
1585–95; by analogy with compose, propose, etc. < L appōnere to place near, set alongside, equiv. to ap- ap- 1 + pōnere to place


ap⋅pos⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
ap⋅pos⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ap⋅pos⋅er, noun
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ap·pose   (ā-pōz')   
tr.v.   ap·posed, ap·pos·ing, ap·pos·es
To place in proximity; juxtapose.

[Probably ad- + -pose (as in compose).]
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