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ap·pose
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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.
Origin:
1585–95;
by analogy with
compose
,
propose
,
etc. <
Latin
appōnere
to place near, set alongside, equivalent to
ap-
ap-
1
+
pōnere
to place
Related forms
ap·pos·a·bil·i·ty,
noun
ap·pos·a·ble,
adjective
ap·pos·er,
noun
non·ap·pos·a·ble,
adjective
un·ap·pos·a·ble,
adjective
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World English Dictionary
appose
(əˈpəʊz)
—
vb
1.
to place side by side or near to each other
2.
(
usually foll by
to
) to place (something) near or against another thing
[C16: from Old French
apposer,
from
poser
to put, from Latin
pōnere
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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