Appose

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appose \Ap*pose"\, v. t. [F. apposer to set to; ? (L. ad) +
     poser to put, place. See {Pose}.]
     1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to
        another).
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              The nymph herself did then appose,
              For food and beverage, to him all best meat.
                                                    --Chapman.
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     2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appose \Ap*pose"\, v. t. [For oppose. See {Oppose}.]
     To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See {Pose}.
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           To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly.
                                                    --Tyndale.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  appose
       v : place side by side or in close proximity