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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

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apposable
adjective
capable of being placed opposite to something; "the thumb is opposable to the forefinger" [syn: opposable] [ant: unopposable]

Apposable

Ap*pos"a*ble\, a. (Anat.) Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand.