Appose

//əˈpəʊz// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To interrogate; to question. obsolete, transitive

    "I shal assaye hir my-self · and sothelich appose / What man of þis worlde · þat hire were leueste."

  2. 2
    To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose. transitive
  3. 3
    place side by side or in close proximity wordnet
  4. 4
    To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). transitive

    "The nymph herself did then appose, / For food and beverage, to him all best meat."

Synonyms

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abutadjoinjoinjuxtaposeneighbor

Example

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"I shal assaye hir my-self · and sothelich appose / What man of þis worlde · þat hire were leueste."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant form of oppose.

Etymology 2

Coined based on Latin appōnō, by analogy with compose, suppose etc.

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