appose
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verb (used with object), ap·posed, ap·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.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to place side by side or near to each other |
| 2. | ( |
| [C16: from Old French apposer, from poser to put, from Latin pōnere] | |
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Word Origin & History
appose
"to apply," 1590s, either from Fr. apposer (from a "to" + poser "to place") or formed in Eng. from L. apponere (see apposite) on analogy of compose, expose, etc.
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Example sentences
The stent is thin, flexible and expands to appose the vessel wall.
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