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Pronunciation : Ap*pose"
Part of Speech : v. t.
Etymology : [F. apposer to set to; ad) + poser to put, place. See Pose.]
Definition : 1. To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). The nymph herself did then appose, For food and beverage, to him all best meat. Chapman.

2. To place in juxtaposition or proximity.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ap*pose"
Part of Speech : v. t.
Etymology : [For oppose. See Oppose.]
Definition : Defn: To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose. To appose him without any accuser, and that secretly. Tyndale.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913