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jux⋅ta⋅pose

  [juhk-stuh-pohz, juhk-stuh-pohz]
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–verb (used with object), -posed, -pos⋅ing.
to place close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast.
Origin:
1850–55; back formation from juxtaposition
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jux·ta·pose   (jŭk'stə-pōz')   
tr.v.   jux·ta·posed, jux·ta·pos·ing, jux·ta·pos·es
To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

[French juxtaposer : Latin iūxtā, close by; see yeug- in Indo-European roots + French poser, to place (from Old French; see pose1).]
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Juxtapose

Jux`ta*pose"\, v. t. [Cf. Juxtaposit, Pose.] To place in juxtaposition. --Huxley.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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