appose

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appose¹

  • /əˈpəʊz/

Sounds like oppose · Rhymes with -əʊz

Where it comes from

Variant form of oppose.

verb apposes · apposing · apposed

  1. obsolete, transitive To interrogate; to question. I shal assaye hir my-self · and sothelich appose / What man of þis worlde · þat hire were leueste.

appose²

  • /əˈpəʊz/

Sounds like oppose · Rhymes with -əʊz

Where it comes from

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

verb apposes · apposing · apposed

  1. transitive To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose.
  2. transitive 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.

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verb place next to or near to

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@misc{appose_2026,
  title = {appose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/appose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}